Genealogy Harssema » Frederic Adrian DELANO (1863-1953)

Birthday September 20, 1863

• The temperature on September 20, 1863 was about 11.5 °C. There was 17 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
  • May 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by the Army of Northern Virginia.
  • June 14 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
  • July 1 » Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
  • July 30 » American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder.
  • September 6 » American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
  • November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sanders: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1851 » Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright and critic († 1929)
• 1853 » Chulalongkorn, Siamese king († 1910)
• 1861 » Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, 8th Librarian of Congress († 1955)
• 1872 » Maurice Gamelin, French general († 1958)
• 1873 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver († 1944)
• 1873 » Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1949)