Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » Jan Poot (1865-1870)

Day of death November 28, 1870

• The temperature on November 28, 1870 was about 5.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 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 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
  • February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
  • February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
  • March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
  • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
  • September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1852 » Ludger Duvernay, French journalist and politician (b. 1799)
• 1859 » Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (b. 1783)
• 1870 » Frédéric Bazille, French soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1873 » Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1808)
• 1878 » Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (b. 1837)