Family tree Van Hulst » Maria Christina Schlenter (1870-????)

Birthday December 25, 1870

• The temperature on December 25, 1870 was about -7.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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.
  • May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
  • July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
  • August 8 » The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
  • September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
  • October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1865 » Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army († 1950)
• 1869 » Charles Finger, English-American journalist and author († 1941)
• 1870 » Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman and philanthropist († 1965)
• 1873 » Otto Frederick Hunziker, Swiss-American agriculturalist and educator († 1959)
• 1874 » Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress († 1944)
• 1875 » Francis Aveling, Canadian psychologist and priest († 1941)