Stewart/Humm Family Tree » David William Thomas Cockburn (1870-1945)

Birthday December 21, 1870

• The temperature on December 21, 1870 was about -7.1 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
  • February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
  • February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
  • June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
  • July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
  • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.

Source: Wikipedia

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