Genealogy Spierenburg » Geertje de Mooij (1861-????)

Birthday March 15, 1861

• The temperature on March 15, 1861 was about 5.2 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
  • January 3 » American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
  • June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
  • August 5 » American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
  • September 6 » American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
  • October 21 » American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
  • December 10 » Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1857 » Christian Michelsen, Norwegian businessman and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway († 1925)
• 1858 » Liberty Hyde Bailey, American botanist and academic, co-founded the American Society for Horticultural Science († 1954)
• 1860 » Waldemar Haffkine, Russian-Swiss bacteriologist and microbiologist († 1930)
• 1864 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (Oslo Philharmonic) († 1935)
• 1865 » Manuk Abeghian, Armenian author and scholar († 1944)
• 1866 » Matthew Charlton, Australian miner and politician († 1948)