Family tree Van Vlasselaer en aanverwanten » Petrus Joannes Mertens (1871-????)

Birthday March 19, 1871

• The temperature on March 19, 1871 was about 9.1 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
  • July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
  • July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
  • August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
  • October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
  • December 26 » Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years and the score has been lost.

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• 1868 » Senda Berenson Abbott, Lithuanian-American basketball player and educator († 1954)
• 1871 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and coach († 1921)
• 1872 » Anna Held, Polish singer († 1918)
• 1873 » Max Reger, German pianist, composer, and conductor († 1916)
• 1875 » Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord († 1928)
• 1876 » Felix Jacoby, German philologist († 1959)