Buitekant & Scheffer Family Tree » Anna Antonia 2 Spano (1861-????)

Birthday July 16, 1861

• The temperature on July 16, 1861 was about 20.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • April 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
  • June 8 » American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
  • August 5 » American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
  • August 5 » The United States Army abolishes flogging.
  • September 3 » American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
  • December 21 » Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1858 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor († 1931)
• 1862 » Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist († 1931)
• 1863 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland († 1910)
• 1870 » Lambert McKenna, Irish priest, lexicographer, and scholar († 1956)
• 1871 » John Maxwell, American golfer († 1906)
• 1872 » Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer († 1928)