Family tree van Frances Vraets en Guus Roijen » Joseph Louis Emil Beltgens (1889-????)

Birthday March 4, 1889

• The temperature on March 4, 1889 was about -2.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
  • May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
  • May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
  • May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
  • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
  • October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1888 » Jeff Pfeffer, American baseball player († 1972)
• 1888 » Rafaela Ottiano, Italian-American actress († 1942)
• 1889 » Oren E. Long, American soldier and politician, 10th Territorial Governor of Hawaii († 1965)
• 1889 » Oscar Chisini, Italian mathematician and statistician († 1967)
• 1889 » Pearl White, American actress († 1938)
• 1889 » Robert William Wood, English-American painter († 1979)