Family tree Kueter » John DESCH (1885-????)

Birthday July 26, 1885

• The temperature on July 26, 1885 was about 19.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 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)
• 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 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
  • January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
  • January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
  • March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
  • April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
  • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1880 » Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian playwright and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Ukrainian People's Republic († 1951)
• 1882 » Albert Dunstan, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of Victoria († 1950)
• 1885 » André Maurois, French soldier and author († 1967)
• 1885 » Roy Castleton, American Major League Baseball player (d.1967)
• 1886 » Lars Hanson, Swedish actor († 1965)
• 1888 » Reginald Hands, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1918)