Genealogy Reuzel » Johanna Willemina Kalter (1863-????)

Birthday January 16, 1863

• The temperature on January 16, 1863 was about -1.9 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
  • January 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
  • April 2 » American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
  • May 17 » Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
  • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
  • July 3 » American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
  • October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1853 » André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company († 1931)
• 1853 » Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, Greek-English general († 1947)
• 1853 » Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor and manager († 1937)
• 1870 » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, State Elder of Estonia († 1942)
• 1872 » Henri Büsser, French organist, composer, and conductor († 1973)
• 1874 » Robert W. Service, English-Canadian poet and author († 1958)