Family tree De Backer - Evers » Thomas Godart Corbelijn (1862-????)

Birthday August 25, 1862

• The temperature on August 25, 1862 was about 12.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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.
  • April 12 » American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw).
  • July 12 » The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
  • July 16 » American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
  • September 8 » Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
  • December 1 » In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.
  • December 12 » American Civil War: USSCairo sinks on the Yazoo River.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1850 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and occultist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1935)
• 1867 » James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany († 1951)
• 1869 » Tom Kiely, British-Irish decathlete († 1951)
• 1877 » Joshua Lionel Cowen, American businessman, co-founded the Lionel Corporation († 1965)
• 1878 » Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager († 1935)