Family tree Recktenwald » Magdalena Recktenwald (1875-????)

Birthday June 25, 1875

• The temperature on June 25, 1875 was about 20.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
  • April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
  • August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
  • September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
  • October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
  • December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1864 » Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1941)
• 1866 » Eloísa Díaz, Chilean doctor and Chile's first female physician († 1950)
• 1874 » Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer († 1944)
• 1884 » Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German-French art collector and historian († 1979)
• 1884 » Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet († 1917)
• 1886 » Henry H. Arnold, American general († 1950)