Family tree van familie Smit te Rotterdam » Jan Zagwijn (1871-????)

Birthday July 16, 1871

• The temperature on July 16, 1871 was about 22.3 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
  • March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
  • May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
  • July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
  • October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
  • October 24 » An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1862 » Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist († 1931)
• 1863 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland († 1910)
• 1870 » Lambert McKenna, Irish priest, lexicographer, and scholar († 1956)
• 1871 » John Maxwell, American golfer († 1906)
• 1872 » Frank Cooper, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Queensland († 1949)
• 1872 » Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer († 1928)