Family tree Pierens-Raeman » Ludovica Carolus Augustus Maria Deconinck (1870-????)

Birthday January 16, 1870

• The temperature on January 16, 1870 was about 6.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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.
  • March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
  • July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
  • 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.
  • August 8 » The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
  • August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
  • October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1870 » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, State Elder of Estonia († 1942)
• 1872 » Henri Büsser, French organist, composer, and conductor († 1973)
• 1874 » Robert W. Service, English-Canadian poet and author († 1958)
• 1875 » Leonor Michaelis, German biochemist and physician († 1949)
• 1876 » Claude Buckenham, English cricketer and footballer († 1937)
• 1878 » Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1947)