Family tree Wim Westphaal » Georges Emile Gustave Alfred Clément Vanhulle (1876-????)

Birthday March 20, 1876

• The temperature on March 20, 1876 was about 2.3 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
  • March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
  • April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
  • June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
  • June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
  • August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1870 » Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general († 1964)
• 1874 » Börries von Münchhausen, German poet and activist († 1945)
• 1876 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist († 1927)
• 1879 » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist († 1960)
• 1882 » Harold Weber, American golfer († 1933)
• 1882 » René Coty, French lawyer and politician, 17th President of France († 1962)