Family tree Jacobs » Christina Maria Treffers (1879-????)

Birthday April 29, 1879

• The temperature on April 29, 1879 was about 9.0 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
  • March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
  • March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
  • May 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
  • September 3 » Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
  • September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1875 » Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer († 1950)
• 1878 » Friedrich Adler, Jewish-German academic, artist and designer (d.1945)
• 1879 » Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961, March 8)
• 1880 » Fethi Okyar, Turkish military officer, diplomat and politician († 1943)
• 1882 » Auguste Herbin, French painter († 1960)
• 1882 » Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister († 1945)