Family tree Jacobs » Pieter Jan Verschoor (1890-????)

Birthday August 18, 1890

• The temperature on August 18, 1890 was about 20.1 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 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)
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
  • July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
  • July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
  • September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
  • November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
  • December 29 » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1885 » Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic († 1964)
• 1887 » John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and professor of mining († 1957)
• 1890 » Walther Funk, German economist and politician, Reich Minister of Economics († 1960)
• 1893 » Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager († 1985)
• 1893 » Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer († 1973)
• 1896 » Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor and director († 1933)