Family tree Oving » Ullembina Josephina Everdina WEELINCK (1888-????)

Birthday January 22, 1888

• The temperature on January 22, 1888 was about 5.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 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 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
  • May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
  • June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
  • August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
  • October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
  • October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1886 » John J. Becker, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1961)
• 1887 » Helen Hoyt, American poet and author († 1972)
• 1889 » Amos Strunk, American baseball player and manager († 1979)
• 1889 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist († 1935)
• 1890 » Fred M. Vinson, American judge and politician, 13th Chief Justice of the United States († 1953)
• 1891 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher and politician († 1937)