Family tree Van de Ven » Johanna Maria van Geenen (1876-????)

Birthday July 6, 1876

• The temperature on July 6, 1876 was about 20.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
  • March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
  • June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
  • August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
  • August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
  • October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1868 » Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom († 1935)
• 1873 » Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician, 140th Prime Minister of Greece († 1955)
• 1877 » Arnaud Massy, French golfer († 1950)
• 1878 » Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist († 1926)
• 1883 » Godfrey Huggins, Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland († 1971)
• 1884 » Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American businessman and sailor († 1970)