Family tree Menting » Antonius Theodorus Herfterkamp (Herlfterkamp) (1885-????)

Birthday January 19, 1885

• The temperature on January 19, 1885 was about -0.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
  • February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
  • March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
  • June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
  • July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
  • November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1878 » Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager († 1934)
• 1879 » Boris Savinkov, Russian soldier and author († 1925)
• 1882 » John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria († 1957)
• 1883 » Hermann Abendroth, German conductor († 1956)
• 1887 » Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic († 1943)
• 1889 » Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor († 1943)