Family tree Van den Wyngaert » Anna Maria Antonia Van Poppelen (1873-????)

Birthday January 28, 1873

• The temperature on January 28, 1873 was about -1.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • March 3 » Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
  • April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
  • April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
  • July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
  • August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
  • October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1873 » Colette, French novelist and journalist († 1954)
• 1873 » Monty Noble, Australian cricketer († 1940)
• 1874 » Alex Smith, Scottish golfer († 1930)
• 1875 » Julián Carrillo, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor († 1965)
• 1878 » Walter Kollo, German composer and conductor († 1940)
• 1880 » Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach († 1970)