Dagosto/Dimirra/Weckerle/Kuhn Family Tree » Jean Windstein (1863-????)

Birthday August 2, 1863

• The temperature on August 2, 1863 was about 17.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 1 » American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
  • January 4 » The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
  • January 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
  • July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
  • August 17 » American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
  • October 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1861 » Prafulla Chandra Ray, Indian chemist and academic († 1944)
• 1865 » Irving Babbitt, American academic and critic († 1933)
• 1865 » John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist († 1955)
• 1867 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer († 1900)
• 1868 » Constantine I of Greece († 1923)
• 1870 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist († 1954)