Coumou family tree » Jannetje "Jantje" Lotens (1778-1863)

Christening day May 17, 1778

• The temperature on May 17, 1778 was about 15.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1778: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 6 » American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
  • February 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
  • July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
  • August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
  • December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.
  • December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

Day of death March 1, 1863

• The temperature on March 1, 1863 was about 8.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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.
  • March 19 » The SSGeorgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines, and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
  • May 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by the Army of Northern Virginia.
  • July 18 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner: One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.
  • August 4 » Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
  • October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
  • November 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1841 » Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1764)
• 1862 » Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1875 » Tristan Corbière, French poet and educator (b. 1845)
• 1882 » Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1820)
• 1906 » José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)