Family tree Van Rijn » Teunis Koper (1884-????)

Birthday September 14, 1884

• The temperature on September 14, 1884 was about 22.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
  • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
  • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
  • August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
  • October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
  • December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

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• 1880 » Benjamin, Russian bishop and missionary († 1961)
• 1883 » Richard Gerstl, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1908)
• 1885 » Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor, composer, and critic († 1975)
• 1886 » Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1948)
• 1887 » Karl Taylor Compton, American physicist, 9th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) († 1954)
• 1887 » Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer († 1934)