Family tree van Es » Wilhelmina Geertruida Maria Vinkestijn (1882-????)

Birthday April 23, 1882

• The temperature on April 23, 1882 was about 16.3 °C. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 2 » Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
  • April 25 » French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
  • May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
  • May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
  • June 6 » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
  • July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1876 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author († 1925)
• 1880 » Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer († 1942)
• 1882 » Albert Coates, English composer and conductor († 1953)
• 1888 » Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada († 1967)
• 1889 » Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral († 1942)
• 1893 » Frank Borzage, American actor and director († 1952)