Conk/Robillard Family Tree » Pierre Robillard (1861-????)

Birthday May 30, 1861

• The temperature on May 30, 1861 was about 18.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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.
  • February 10 » Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
  • March 30 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Sir William Crookes announces his discovery of thallium.
  • May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
  • October 9 » American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
  • October 21 » American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
  • October 25 » The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1845 » Amadeo I, Spanish king († 1890)
• 1846 » Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian goldsmith and jeweler († 1920)
• 1862 » Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Azerbaijani philosopher and poet († 1911)
• 1869 » Grace Andrews, American mathematician († 1951)
• 1874 » Ernest Duchesne, French physician († 1912)
• 1875 » Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher and academic († 1944)