Vries/van der Lijn » Poulina van Dijk (1870-????)

Birthday December 21, 1870

• The temperature on December 21, 1870 was about -7.1 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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.
  • February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
  • February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
  • March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
  • June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
  • August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1866 » Maud Gonne, Irish nationalist and political activist († 1953)
• 1868 » George W. Fuller, American chemist and engineer († 1934)
• 1872 » Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author († 1942)
• 1872 » Lorenzo Perosi, Italian priest and composer († 1956)
• 1872 » Trevor Kincaid, Canadian-American zoologist and academic († 1970)
• 1876 » Jack Lang, Australian lawyer and politician, 23rd Premier of New South Wales († 1975)