Family tree Smith » Pietronella Maria van Overbeek (1879-????)

Birthday March 25, 1879

• The temperature on March 25, 1879 was about 2.1 °C. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
  • June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
  • September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
  • October 8 » War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.
  • October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
  • December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1877 » Walter Little, Canadian politician († 1961)
• 1878 » František Janda-Suk, Czech discus thrower and shot putter († 1955)
• 1879 » Amedee Reyburn, American swimmer and water polo player († 1920)
• 1881 » Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer († 1945)
• 1881 » Mary Webb, English author and poet († 1927)
• 1881 » Patrick Henry Bruce, American painter and educator († 1936)