Family tree Klavers » Pieter Kliphuis (1886-????)

Birthday January 12, 1886

• The temperature on January 12, 1886 was about 1.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
  • May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
  • May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
  • June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
  • September 4 » American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1879 » Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer († 1968)
• 1882 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter († 1930)
• 1884 » Texas Guinan, American entertainer and bootlegger († 1933)
• 1889 » Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani spiritual leader († 1965)
• 1890 » Johannes Vares, Estonian poet, physician, and politician († 1946)
• 1892 » Mikhail Gurevich, Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the Russian Aircraft Corporation († 1976)