Genealogie van de families Van der Sanden en Van de Wiel » Adriana van Son (1863-????)

Birthday April 12, 1863

• The temperature on April 12, 1863 was about 13.0 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 40%. 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 10 » The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
  • February 17 » A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
  • March 30 » Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
  • May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
  • May 23 » The General German Workers' Association, a precursor of the modern Social Democratic Party of Germany, is founded in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.
  • November 27 » American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run: Union forces under General George Meade take up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1852 » Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician and academic († 1939)
• 1856 » Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, English mountaineer, cartographer, and politician († 1937)
• 1863 » Raul Pompeia, Brazilian writer († 1895)
• 1868 » Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese admiral († 1918)
• 1869 » Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer († 1922)
• 1871 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece († 1941)