Family tree Stoll » Hendrikus Willebrordus Groenland (1881-????)

Birthday January 13, 1881

• The temperature on January 13, 1881 was about -3.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 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 1881: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
  • May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
  • July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
  • July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
  • September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
  • November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1885 » Alfred Fuller, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Fuller Brush Company († 1973)
• 1886 » Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach († 1964)
• 1887 » Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer and actress († 1966)