Genealogy Brederoo » Dirk den Besten (1869-1869)
Personal data Dirk den Besten
- He was born on January 5, 1869 in Nieuwpoort.
- He died on March 31, 1869 in Nieuwpoort.
- A child of Gijsbert den Besten and Willempje Goedhart
- This information was last updated on March 7, 2019.
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Historical events
Birthday January 5, 1869
- The temperature on January 5, 1869 was about 6.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 26 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 1869: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- March 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
- May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
- August 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
- August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
- October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
- December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
Day of death March 31, 1869
- The temperature on March 31, 1869 was about 12.0 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%. 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 1869: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
- March 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
- May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
- October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
- October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
- October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
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- 1855 » Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1816)
- 1877 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1801)
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