Family tree Van Dijk » Jacobus van de Blaak (1870-????)

Birthday August 5, 1870

• The temperature on August 5, 1870 was about 19.2 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
  • March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
  • June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
  • August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
  • September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
  • October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1866 » Carl Harries, German chemist and academic († 1923)
• 1866 » Harry Trott, Australian cricketer († 1917)
• 1868 » Oskar Merikanto, Finnish pianist and composer († 1924)
• 1872 » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician, bacteriologist, and epidemiologist, founded the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation († 1917)
• 1874 » Horace Rawlins, English golfer († 1935)
• 1874 » Wesley Clair Mitchell, American economist and academic († 1948)