Family tree Van Dijk » Adriaantje Boumeester (geboren Timmer) (1885-????)

Birthday October 12, 1885

• The temperature on October 12, 1885 was about 8.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
  • February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
  • February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
  • April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
  • June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
  • July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
  • July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1880 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author († 1913)
• 1891 » Edith Stein, Polish nun and martyr; later canonized († 1942)
• 1891 » Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese soldier and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Japan († 1945)
• 1892 » Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano and actress († 1975)
• 1893 » Velvalee Dickinson, American spy († 1980)