Family tree Van Willigen » Dina Catharina Jacoba Verroen (1870-????)

Birthday August 10, 1870

• The temperature on August 10, 1870 was about 17.9 °C. There was 27 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
  • January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
  • January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
  • March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
  • August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
  • September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
  • October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1868 » Hugo Eckener, German pilot and businessman († 1954)
• 1869 » Laurence Binyon, English poet, playwright, and scholar († 1943)
• 1870 » Trần Tế Xương a Vietnamese poet and satirist († 1907)
• 1872 » William Manuel Johnson, American bassist († 1972)
• 1874 » Antanas Smetona, Lithuanian jurist and politician, President of Lithuania from 1919 to 1920 and from 1926 to 1940. († 1944)
• 1874 » Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States († 1964)