Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » Catharina Harteveld (1880-????)

Birthday December 6, 1880

• The temperature on December 6, 1880 was about 8.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 1880: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
  • June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
  • June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
  • June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
  • July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
  • August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1875 » Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author († 1941)
• 1876 » Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company († 1932)
• 1878 » Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Mexican politician († 1968)
• 1882 » Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer († 1954)
• 1884 » Cornelia Meigs, American author, playwright, and academic († 1973)