Descendants Lavarne » Hendrik Willem Kuiper (1863-????)

Birthday December 28, 1863

• The temperature on December 28, 1863 was about -0.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 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 1863: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
  • January 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
  • April 17 » American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
  • June 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
  • August 4 » Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
  • August 17 » American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1842 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer († 1891)
• 1856 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1865 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter († 1925)
• 1870 » Charles Bennett, English runner († 1949)
• 1882 » Arthur Eddington, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician († 1944)
• 1882 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter († 1931)