Conk/Robillard Family Tree » P Alphonse Robillard (1862-????)

Birthday November 20, 1862

• The temperature on November 20, 1862 was about -0.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 13 » The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
  • March 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.
  • June 1 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
  • June 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.
  • July 1 » The Russian State Library is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum.
  • September 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1858 » Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and educator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1940)
• 1860 » José Figueroa Alcorta, President of Argentina, († 1931)
• 1861 » Camillo Laurenti, Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church († 1938)
• 1862 » Edvard Westermarck, Finnish philosopher and sociologist († 1939)
• 1862 » Georges Palante, French philosopher and sociologist († 1925)
• 1864 » Percy Cox, British Indian Army officer († 1937)