Onze voorouders » Maria Alida Velthuizen (1885-????)

Birthday October 26, 1885

• The temperature on October 26, 1885 was about 7.0 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
  • March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
  • April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
  • April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
  • July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
  • November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.

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• 1880 » Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic († 1934)
• 1881 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer († 1963)
• 1883 » Napoleon Hill, American philosopher and author († 1970)
• 1883 » Paul Pilgrim, American runner († 1958)
• 1884 » William Hogenson, American sprinter († 1965)
• 1890 » Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician († 1931)