Pedigree Plomp » Anna Maria van Kuilenburg (1873-????)

Birthday July 30, 1873

• The temperature on July 30, 1873 was about 25.1 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • March 3 » Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
  • May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
  • May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
  • August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
  • September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.
  • October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1857 » Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist († 1929)
• 1859 » Henry Simpson Lunn, English minister and humanitarian, founded Lunn Poly († 1939)
• 1862 » Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general († 1933)
• 1863 » Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company († 1947)
• 1872 » Princess Clémentine of Belgium († 1955)
• 1881 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient († 1940)