Family tree Van den Heurik » Maria,Catharina van den Heurik (1890-????)

Birthday January 3, 1890

• The temperature on January 3, 1890 was about -5.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 1890: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
  • April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
  • June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
  • July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
  • July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
  • August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1885 » Harry Elkins Widener, American businessman († 1912)
• 1886 » Arthur Mailey, Australian cricketer († 1967)
• 1886 » John Gould Fletcher, American poet and author († 1950)
• 1887 » August Macke, German-French painter († 1914)
• 1892 » J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist († 1973)
• 1894 » ZaSu Pitts, American actress († 1963)