Reuben Miles Wiggill<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: Nov 2 1861 - 'Bongolo Farm', Queenstown, Eastern Cape<br>Marriage: Mar 21 1888 - Queenstown<br>Death: June 12 1914 - 'Zetland Farm', Queenstown<br>Father: James Wiggill<br>Mother: Sarah Ann Wiggill (born Miles)<br>Wife: Anne Maria Louisa Wiggill (born Trollip)<br>Children: Dorothy Agnes McLeod (born Wiggill)Roland James WiggillMillicent Sarah Ann Hattingh (born Wiggill)Leonard Marshall WiggillEthel Annie Gibson (bornWiggill)Clarice Mary Sayers Maré (born Wiggill)Beryl Miles de Kock (born Wiggill)<br>Siblings: Leonard Sayers WiggillArthur James WiggillAgnes Ann Wainwright (born Wiggill)Robert Wiggill
The temperature on November 2, 1861 was about 5.6 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. Source: KNMI
From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
April 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
June 8 » American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
August 5 » American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
August 5 » The United States Army abolishes flogging.
September 6 » American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
December 26 » American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.
Day of death June 12, 1914
The temperature on June 12, 1914 was between 11.3 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
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