Family tree J + P Valk » Wilhelmina Maria van der VEEN (1869-????)

Birthday June 14, 1869

• The temperature on June 14, 1869 was about 22.0 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
  • July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
  • September 24 » Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
  • October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
  • October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
  • November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1868 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist († 1947)
• 1868 » Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1943)
• 1870 » Sophia of Prussia († 1932)
• 1871 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower († 1936)
• 1871 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish mechanic and engineer († 1946)
• 1872 » János Szlepecz, Slovene priest and author († 1936)