Family tree Van Heck » Catharina Paulina Antonia van Heck (1870-????)

Birthday January 25, 1870

• The temperature on January 25, 1870 was about -4.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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.
  • January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
  • February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
  • March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
  • July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
  • August 8 » The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
  • August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1858 » Mikimoto Kōkichi, Japanese businessman († 1954)
• 1860 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States († 1936)
• 1864 » Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author († 1934)
• 1868 » Juventino Rosas, Mexican violinist and composer († 1894)
• 1874 » W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer († 1965)
• 1878 » Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-American engineer († 1975)