Lazarus tree » Jack/Chil Jankiel wilder (1863-1942)

Birthday January 29, 1863

• The temperature on January 29, 1863 was about 3.0 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 23 » The General German Workers' Association, a precursor of the modern Social Democratic Party of Germany, is founded in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.
  • September 6 » American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
  • September 9 » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
  • October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
  • October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
  • October 31 » The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1860 » Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer († 1904)
• 1861 » Florida Ruffin Ridley, African-American civil rights activist, teacher, editor, and writer († 1943)
• 1862 » Frederick Delius, English composer († 1934)
• 1866 » Julio Peris Brell, Spanish painter († 1944)
• 1866 » Romain Rolland, French historian, author, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1944)
• 1867 » Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish journalist and author († 1928)