Family tree Van der Waal » jacob BEUKELMAN (1868-????)

Birthday January 20, 1868

• The temperature on January 20, 1868 was about 4.3 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• 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 1868: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
  • May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
  • May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
  • June 1 » The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
  • September 23 » Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
  • December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1865 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress († 1944)
• 1870 » Guillaume Lekeu, Belgian pianist and composer († 1894)
• 1873 » Johannes V. Jensen, Danish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1950)
• 1874 » Steve Bloomer, English footballer and coach († 1938)
• 1876 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1878 » Finlay Currie, Scottish-English actor († 1968)