Family tree J + P Valk » Hermanus Hendrik van der VEEN (1870-????)

Birthday November 2, 1870

• The temperature on November 2, 1870 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
  • January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
  • March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
  • July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
  • August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
  • October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1865 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States († 1923)
• 1877 » Aga Khan III, Indian 48th Shia Imam († 1957)
• 1877 » Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary († 1933)
• 1877 » Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer († 1915)
• 1878 » Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna († 1930)
• 1879 » Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player and violinist († 1965)