Family tree Van Engel(s)dorp Gastelaars » Cornelis Lievense (1870-????)

Birthday October 22, 1870

• The temperature on October 22, 1870 was about 12.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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.
  • February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
  • July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
  • September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
  • September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
  • September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
  • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1865 » Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator († 1943)
• 1870 » Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1953)
• 1870 » Lord Alfred Douglas, English author and poet († 1945)
• 1873 » Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finnish linguist and diplomat († 1950)
• 1873 » Rama Tirtha, Indian philosopher and educator († 1906)
• 1875 » David van Embden, Dutch economist and politician († 1962)