Family tree Jacobs » Christina Theodora Maria Debije (1876-????)

Birthday November 23, 1876

• The temperature on November 23, 1876 was about -0.6 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
  • April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
  • April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
  • June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
  • August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
  • September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1869 » Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer († 1942)
• 1871 » William Watt, Australian accountant and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria († 1946)
• 1875 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician († 1933)
• 1876 » Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer († 1946)
• 1878 » Frank Pick, English lawyer and businessman († 1941)
• 1883 » José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter († 1949)