Family tree Klavers » Hendrik Hofman (1885-????)

Birthday July 11, 1885

• The temperature on July 11, 1885 was about 19.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
  • February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
  • March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
  • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
  • September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
  • September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.

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• 1880 » Friedrich Lahrs, German architect and academic († 1964)
• 1881 » Isabel Martin Lewis, American astronomer and author († 1966)
• 1882 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger († 1946)
• 1886 » Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator († 1939)
• 1888 » Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist († 1985)
• 1892 » Thomas Mitchell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1962)