Family tree Zijlmans » Bernardus Johannes Josephus de Groot (1870-????)

Birthday April 14, 1870

• The temperature on April 14, 1870 was about 11.3 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 6 » The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
  • February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
  • February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
  • March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
  • June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
  • December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1865 » Alfred Hoare Powell, English architect, and designer and painter of pottery († 1960)
• 1866 » Anne Sullivan, American educator († 1936)
• 1868 » Peter Behrens, German architect, designed the AEG turbine factory († 1940)
• 1870 » Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer and coach († 1929)
• 1870 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter and educator († 1905)
• 1872 » Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator († 1953)