Family tree Van der Waal » jacob van BEUSEKOM (1885-????)

Birthday May 3, 1885

• The temperature on May 3, 1885 was about 11.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
  • March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
  • May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
  • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
  • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
  • October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

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• 1879 » Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman and soldier, co-founded Qantas († 1950)
• 1886 » Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer († 1971)
• 1887 » Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress († 1954)
• 1889 » Beulah Bondi, American actress († 1981)
• 1889 » Gottfried Fuchs, German-Canadian Olympic soccer player († 1972)
• 1891 » Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet and critic († 1969)