Stamboom Viergever » John P Dooge (1885-????)

Birthday January 20, 1885

• The temperature on January 20, 1885 was about -7.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
  • May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
  • June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
  • July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
  • July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
  • November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1883 » Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss († 1968)
• 1883 » Forrest Wilson, American journalist and author († 1942)
• 1888 » Lead Belly, American folk/blues musician and songwriter († 1949)
• 1889 » Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer and businessman, founded the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company († 1969)