Family tree Van Leeuwen-Van der Speck en vele anderen » Hermanus Stolk (1869-????)

Birthday January 17, 1869

• The temperature on January 17, 1869 was about 5.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 1869: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
  • September 24 » Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
  • October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
  • October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
  • November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
  • November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched

Source: Wikipedia

• 1863 » David Lloyd George, Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1945)
• 1865 » Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet, English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of New Zealand († 1951)
• 1867 » Carl Laemmle, German-born American film producer, co-founded Universal Studios († 1939)
• 1867 » Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel, pilot, and polo player († 1934)
• 1871 » David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, English admiral († 1936)
• 1871 » Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania († 1940)