Genealogie Frans van Vilsteren » Hendrika Petronella Lucassen (1861-????)

Birthday June 17, 1861

• The temperature on June 17, 1861 was about 19.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• 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 year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
  • June 8 » American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
  • August 6 » Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
  • August 19 » First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
  • October 21 » American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
  • October 24 » The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1858 » Eben Sumner Draper, American businessman and politician, 44th Governor of Massachusetts († 1914)
• 1861 » Omar Bundy, American general († 1940)
• 1861 » Pete Browning, American baseball player († 1905)
• 1863 » Charles Michael, duke of Mecklenburg († 1934)
• 1865 » Susan La Flesche Picotte, Native American physician († 1915)
• 1867 » Flora Finch, English-American actress († 1940)