Family tree de Groot » Ariaantje Maria Albers (1879-????)

Birthday September 7, 1879

• The temperature on September 7, 1879 was about 17.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
  • April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
  • May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
  • July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
  • October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
  • December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1871 » George Hirst, English cricketer and coach († 1954)
• 1875 » Edward Francis Hutton, American businessman and financier, co-founded E. F. Hutton & Co. († 1962)
• 1876 » C. J. Dennis, Australian poet and author († 1938)
• 1876 » Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta († 1934)
• 1883 » Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor († 1950)
• 1885 » Elinor Wylie, American author and poet († 1928)