Olson's Tree » Helen Ames Lothrop (1864-????)

Birthday September 9, 1864

• The temperature on September 9, 1864 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
  • May 21 » The Ionian Islands reunite with Greece.
  • June 29 » At least 99 people, mostly German and Polish immigrants, are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster after a train fails to stop for an open drawbridge and plunges into the Rivière Richelieu near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
  • July 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
  • July 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
  • October 30 » The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1853 » Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and merchant († 1926)
• 1855 » Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German philosopher and author († 1927)
• 1863 » Herbert Henry Ball, English-Canadian journalist and politician († 1943)
• 1868 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author, poet, and critic († 1934)
• 1873 » Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American theater and film director († 1943)
• 1876 » Frank Chance, American baseball player and manager († 1924)