Family tree Van Willigen » Louwerens van Steenbergen (1887-????)

Birthday June 28, 1887

• The temperature on June 28, 1887 was about 15.0 °C. The air pressure was 49 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
  • February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
  • April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
  • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
  • July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
  • September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Pierre Laval, French soldier and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France († 1945)
• 1884 » Lamina Sankoh, Sierra Leonean banker and politician († 1964)
• 1888 » George Challenor, Barbadian cricketer († 1947)
• 1888 » Stefi Geyer, Hungarian violinist and educator († 1956)
• 1891 » Carl Spaatz, American general († 1974)
• 1891 » Esther Forbes, American historian and author († 1968)