Family tree Van Willigen » Cornelis van Wilgen (1883-????)

Birthday September 10, 1883

• The temperature on September 10, 1883 was about 12.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
  • May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
  • May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
  • August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
  • October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
  • December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

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• 1880 » Georgia Douglas Johnson, American poet and playwright († 1966)
• 1880 » Laura Cornelius Kellogg, Native American activist († 1947)
• 1884 » Herbert Johanson, Estonian architect († 1964)
• 1885 » Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer († 1950)
• 1885 » Johannes de Jong, Dutch cardinal († 1955)
• 1886 » H.D., American poet, novelist, and memoirist († 1961)