Wernke family tree » Willem Pieter Mets (1871-????)

Birthday December 5, 1871

• The temperature on December 5, 1871 was about -0.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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.
  • March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
  • March 26 » The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
  • April 1 » The 3rd Duke of Buckingham opened the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
  • July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
  • July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1868 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic († 1951)
• 1869 » Ellis Parker Butler, American author and poet († 1937)
• 1870 » Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator († 1949)
• 1872 » Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player († 1906)