Lazarus tree » David Frohlich (1864-????)

Birthday March 9, 1864

• The temperature on March 9, 1864 was about 4.6 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
  • May 7 » The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.
  • July 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
  • July 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
  • September 18 » American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.
  • October 15 » American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces.
  • October 19 » American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1850 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic († 1925)
• 1856 » Eddie Foy, Sr., American actor and dancer († 1928)
• 1863 » Mary Harris Armor, American suffragist († 1950)
• 1887 » Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician († 1976)
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