Family tree Ro(o)vers » Petrus Roovers (1871-1879)
Personal data Petrus Roovers
- He was born on November 6, 1871 in Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.
- He died on July 3, 1879 in Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 7 years old.
- A child of Antonij Roovers and Anna Boot
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Birthday November 6, 1871
- The temperature on November 6, 1871 was about 6.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
- March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
- May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
- June 10 » Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
- October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.
- November 10 » Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".
Day of death July 3, 1879
- The temperature on July 3, 1879 was about 13.5 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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.
- April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
- August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
- September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
- October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
- October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
- October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13⁄2 hours before burning out).
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- 1887 » Clay Allison, American rancher (b. 1841)
- 1888 » Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Vietnamese poet and author (b. 1822)
- 1904 » Édouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (b. 1881)
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