Family tree Van Willigen » Johanna Maria van Willigen (1886-????)

Birthday May 4, 1886

• The temperature on May 4, 1886 was about 13.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 24%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
  • March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
  • March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
  • May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
  • June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
  • August 31 » The 7.0 M_w  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.

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• 1883 » Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician († 1944)
• 1884 » Richard Baggallay, English army officer and cricketer († 1975)
• 1887 » Andrew Dasburg, French-American painter († 1979)
• 1889 » Francis Spellman, American cardinal († 1967)
• 1890 » Franklin Carmichael, Canadian painter († 1945)
• 1902 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator († 1986)