Family tree De Backer - Evers » Joanna Clemence de Backer (1864-????)

Birthday March 6, 1864

• The temperature on March 6, 1864 was about 8.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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.
  • February 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Olustee: The largest battle fought in Florida during the war.
  • May 7 » The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.
  • May 26 » Montana is organized as a United States territory.
  • June 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
  • September 7 » American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
  • October 2 » American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners (most of them are from a Black cavalry unit) ensues.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1849 » Georg Luger, Austrian gun designer, designed the Luger pistol († 1923)
• 1864 » Richard Rushall, British businessman († 1953)
• 1870 » Oscar Straus, Viennese composer and conductor († 1954)
• 1871 » Afonso Costa, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1937)
• 1872 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer († 1938)
• 1879 » Jimmy Hunter, New Zealand rugby player († 1962)