Family tree Oberholthaus » Anna Maria Elisabeth Brünemann (1870-????)

Birthday November 4, 1870

• The temperature on November 4, 1870 was about 10.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
  • February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
  • March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
  • July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
  • September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
  • September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1862 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor and director († 1932)
• 1868 » La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer, and dancer († 1965)
• 1873 » Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright († 1939)
• 1874 » Charles Despiau, French sculptor († 1946)
• 1879 » Will Rogers, American actor and screenwriter († 1935)
• 1883 » Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician 135th Prime Minister of Greece († 1953)