Genealogy Van Eck op Goeree Overflakkee » Jan Cornelis KLEINJAN (1863-????)

Birthday September 1, 1863

• The temperature on September 1, 1863 was about 17.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
  • January 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
  • February 7 » HMSOrpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
  • May 21 » American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
  • July 13 » New York City draft riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
  • November 19 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1855 » Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet and critic († 1909)
• 1856 » Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist († 1953)
• 1864 » Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general († 1919)
• 1866 » James J. Corbett, American boxer († 1933)
• 1867 » John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician († 1947)
• 1868 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician († 1952)