Dreyer Tree » Christina Aletta Johanna Francina Roesch (1864-????)

Birthday January 14, 1864

• The temperature on January 14, 1864 was about -8.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 1864: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 11 » The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
  • March 16 » American Civil War: During the Red River Campaign, Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
  • May 7 » The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.
  • May 9 » Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
  • July 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
  • November 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material at the Battle of Johnsonville.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1861 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan († 1926)
• 1862 » Carrie Derick, Canadian botanist and geneticist († 1941)
• 1863 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal († 1929)
• 1863 » Richard F. Outcault, American author and illustrator († 1928)
• 1869 » Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze, French polo player and politician († 1937)
• 1870 » George Pearce, Australian carpenter and politician († 1952)