Family tree Van 't Veld » Lena Jannigje Kooij (1883-????)

Birthday February 6, 1883

• The temperature on February 6, 1883 was about 5.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 16 » The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress.
  • February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
  • May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
  • June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
  • October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
  • November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.

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• 1879 » Carl Ramsauer, German physicist and author († 1955)
• 1879 » Edwin Samuel Montagu, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 1924)
• 1879 » Magnús Guðmundsson, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Iceland († 1937)
• 1879 » Othon Friesz, French painter († 1949)
• 1880 » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna († 1931)
• 1884 » Marcel Cohen, French linguist and scholar († 1974)