Dreyer Tree » Johannes Christiaan Dreyer (1862-????)

Birthday October 11, 1862

• The temperature on October 11, 1862 was about 19.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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.
  • January 30 » The first American ironclad warship, the USSMonitor is launched.
  • February 10 » American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
  • March 8 » American Civil War: The Naval Battle of Hampton Roads begins.
  • April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
  • July 15 » The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. The encounter changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi and helped to reverse Rebel fortunes on the river in the summer of 1862.
  • August 19 » American Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1844 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company († 1919)
• 1865 » Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author († 1926)
• 1871 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian evangelist, founded the Brunstad Christian Church († 1943)
• 1872 » Emily Davison, English educator and activist († 1913)
• 1872 » Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States († 1946)
• 1879 » Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher and academic († 1944)