Genealogy Wylie » Rebecca Lee Selman (1864-????)

Birthday August 27, 1864

• The temperature on August 27, 1864 was about 17.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%. 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 1864: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
  • May 21 » Russia declares an end to the Russo-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated the Circassian Day of Mourning.
  • June 15 » American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
  • July 19 » Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
  • July 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
  • November 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material at the Battle of Johnsonville.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1858 » Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher († 1932)
• 1864 » Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast († 1919)
• 1865 » Charles G. Dawes, American general and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate († 1951)
• 1865 » James Henry Breasted, American archaeologist and historian († 1935)
• 1868 » Hong Beom-do, Korean general and activist († 1943)
• 1870 » Amado Nervo, Mexican journalist, poet, and diplomat († 1919)