Family tree Janneke Smids » Gerrit Sietses Mantel (1862-± 1892)

Birthday November 22, 1862

• The temperature on November 22, 1862 was about 1.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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).
• 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 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 23 » American Civil War: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
  • April 29 » American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.
  • June 9 » American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world.
  • August 6 » American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSSArkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  • September 1 » American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
  • December 26 » The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, where 38 Native Americans died.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1856 » Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 1945)
• 1857 » George Gissing, English novelist († 1903)
• 1859 » Cecil Sharp, English folk song scholar († 1924)
• 1861 » Ranavalona III of Madagascar († 1917)
• 1868 » John Nance Garner, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States († 1967)
• 1869 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1951)