He was born DE in Gerrit Johannes Baptised: 1790, den 10 Januarij Father: Jacobus van Zijl Mother: Jannetje Laberschagnie Witnesses: Gerrit Olivier en Johannes van Zijl en Helena de Jager Source: Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Tulbagh, Western Cape.
January 8 » George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.
March 4 » France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
July 9 » The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet.
July 16 » The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
October 22 » Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States in the Harmar Campaign.
December 26 » Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.
Day of death October 16, 1863
The temperature on October 16, 1863 was about 12.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
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.
February 24 » Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
August 16 » The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
September 20 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
November 27 » American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.
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