Genealogy Brederoo » Huibert Wassenburg (1883-????)

Birthday July 30, 1883

• The temperature on July 30, 1883 was about 14.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 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 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
  • February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
  • March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
  • May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
  • August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
  • October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1872 » Princess Clémentine of Belgium († 1955)
• 1881 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient († 1940)
• 1890 » Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager († 1975)
• 1893 » Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani dentist and politician († 1967)
• 1898 » Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator († 1986)
• 1899 » Gerald Moore, English pianist († 1987)