Noordwijkerhout Van Toen (NoVaTo) » Johanna Koot (1842-1906)

Day of marriage April 21, 1864

• The temperature on April 21, 1864 was about 15.9 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 24%. 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 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Resaca: The battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta.
  • June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads: Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
  • 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.
  • September 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
  • September 29 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought.
  • December 4 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta.

Day of death March 15, 1906

• The temperature on March 15, 1906 was between -3 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
  • April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
  • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
  • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
  • August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
  • September 24 » Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1891 » Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819)
• 1897 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)
• 1921 » Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)