Genealogy Moelker » Maria Elizabeth Bongaarts (1863-????)

Birthday October 27, 1863

• The temperature on October 27, 1863 was about 11.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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.
  • February 24 » Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
  • April 2 » American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
  • May 22 » American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
  • May 27 » American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
  • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
  • October 31 » The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1854 » William Alexander Smith, Scottish religious leader, founded the Boys' Brigade († 1914)
• 1858 » Elliott Lewis, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Tasmania († 1935)
• 1858 » Saitō Makoto, Japanese admiral and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Japan († 1936)
• 1858 » Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate († 1919)
• 1865 » Charles Spencelayh, English painter and academic († 1958)
• 1868 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland († 1928)