Family tree Menting » Hendrik Schaap (1870-????)

Birthday February 2, 1870

• The temperature on February 2, 1870 was about 6.1 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
  • February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
  • March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
  • July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
  • August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
  • September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1862 » Émile Coste, French fencer († 1927)
• 1866 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and academic († 1927)
• 1873 » Konstantin von Neurath, German politician and diplomat, 13th German Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1956)
• 1873 » Leo Fall, Austrian composer († 1925)
• 1875 » Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer († 1962)
• 1877 » Frank L. Packard, Canadian author († 1942)