Family tree Van der Waal » anna de HEUS (1867-????)

Birthday October 17, 1867

• The temperature on October 17, 1867 was about 13.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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).
• In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 8 » African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
  • May 3 » The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
  • May 15 » Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto, Ontario. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961.
  • June 19 » Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
  • October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
  • December 13 » A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1859 » Childe Hassam, American painter and illustrator († 1935)
• 1860 » Henry Campbell Black, founder of Black's Law Dictionary († 1927)
• 1864 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer († 1943)
• 1865 » James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior († 1950)
• 1867 » Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan architect who designed the Casa Martí († 1956)
• 1871 » Segundo de Chomón, Spanish cinematographer, director, and screenwriter (d.1929)