Family tree Sies » Anna Geertruida Theodora Hartendorf (1878-????)

Birthday May 17, 1878

• The temperature on May 17, 1878 was about 20.9 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
  • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
  • March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
  • March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
  • July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
  • December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1870 » Newton Moore, Australian politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia († 1936)
• 1873 » Dorothy Richardson, English author and journalist († 1957)
• 1873 » Henri Barbusse, French author and journalist († 1935)
• 1874 » George Sheldon, American diver († 1907)
• 1882 » Karl Burman, Estonian architect and painter († 1965)
• 1886 » Alfonso XIII of Spain, Spanish monarch († 1941)