Family tree Jacobs » Johannes Cornelis van Pieterson (1885-????)

Birthday April 5, 1885

• The temperature on April 5, 1885 was about 4.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. 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)
• 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 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
  • March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
  • April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
  • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
  • November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
  • December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1950)
• 1884 » Ion Inculeț, Bessarabian academic and politician, President of Moldova († 1940)
• 1885 » Dimitrie Cuclin, Romanian composer († 1978)
• 1886 » Frederick Lindemann, British physicist († 1957)
• 1886 » Gotthelf Bergsträsser, German linguist († 1933)
• 1886 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru († 1933)