Kramer Family Tree » Karen Johanna Andersdatter Fiskum (1863-????)

Birthday March 15, 1863

• The temperature on March 15, 1863 was about 3.8 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 75 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)
• 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.
  • April 2 » American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
  • April 16 » American Civil War: During the Vicksburg Campaign, gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg.
  • July 18 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner: One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.
  • July 19 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
  • August 17 » American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
  • September 20 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.

Source: Wikipedia

• 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 » Johan Vaaler, Norwegian inventor, often erroneously identified as the inventor of the Paper clip († 1910)
• 1866 » Matthew Charlton, Australian miner and politician († 1948)