Lax Family Tree » Willi Wolf Marckwald (1864-1942)

Birthday December 5, 1864

• The temperature on December 5, 1864 was about 3.7 °C. The air pressure was 5.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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.
  • March 15 » American Civil War: The Red River Campaign: U.S. Navy fleet arrives at Alexandria, Louisiana.
  • May 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
  • June 15 » American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
  • July 8 » Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
  • July 22 » American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta: Outside Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
  • November 25 » American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1861 » Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer († 1939)
• 1862 » John Henry Leech, English entomologist († 1900)
• 1863 » Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France († 1933)
• 1866 » John Beresford, Irish polo player († 1944)
• 1866 » Traian Demetrescu, Romanian poet and author († 1896)
• 1867 » Antti Aarne, Finnish author and academic († 1925)