FutureHistory » Maria Peeters (1888-????)

Birthday June 13, 1888

• The temperature on June 13, 1888 was about 19.3 °C. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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.
  • March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
  • March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
  • April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
  • September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
  • October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
  • October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1884 » Leon Chwistek, Polish painter, philosopher, and mathematician († 1944)
• 1885 » Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author († 1969)
• 1887 » André François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat († 1978)
• 1887 » Bruno Frank, German-American author, poet, and playwright († 1945)
• 1888 » Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and critic († 1935)