Family tree Van Belleghem - Bonte Van Loocke Heyneman » Alice Maria Bertha van DAMME (1888-????)

Birthday March 15, 1888

• The temperature on March 15, 1888 was about 0.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
  • June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
  • August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
  • September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
  • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
  • October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1879 » Benjamin R. Jacobs, American biochemist († 1963)
• 1886 » Wladimir Burliuk, Ukrainian-Greek painter and illustrator († 1917)
• 1887 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health († 1961)
• 1887 » Marjorie Merriweather Post, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded General Foods († 1973)
• 1890 » Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and mountaineer († 1980)
• 1892 » James Basevi Ord, Mexican-American colonel († 1938)