Van der Feen/Mendels/Rowe/Hesketh Family Tree » Flora Sara Herzberger (1879-1942)

Birthday February 4, 1879

• The temperature on February 4, 1879 was about -4.5 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 22 » The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
  • January 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
  • April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
  • July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
  • July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
  • September 3 » Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1873 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian shot putter and discus thrower († 1905)
• 1875 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer († 1953)
• 1877 » Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach († 1953)
• 1881 » Eulalio Gutiérrez, Mexican general and politician, President of Mexico († 1939)
• 1881 » Fernand Léger, French painter and sculptor († 1955)
• 1883 » Reinhold Rudenberg, German-American inventor and a pioneer of electron microscopy († 1961)