Family tree Naeten » Wilhelmus Cornelius van GESTEL (1885-????)

Birthday January 14, 1885

• The temperature on January 14, 1885 was about -1.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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
  • January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
  • February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
  • June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
  • August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
  • September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1882 » Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist († 1944)
• 1883 » Nina Ricci, Italian-French fashion designer († 1970)
• 1886 » Hugh Lofting, English author and poet, created Doctor Dolittle († 1947)
• 1887 » Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and academic († 1972)
• 1892 » Hal Roach, American actor, director, and producer († 1992)
• 1892 » Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian († 1984)