Stambomen Droste, Casand en Boogaart » Francisco Theodorus Johannes Pereira (1863-????)

Birthday June 5, 1863

• The temperature on June 5, 1863 was about 11.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 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.
  • February 17 » A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
  • February 24 » Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
  • July 3 » American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
  • July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
  • September 6 » American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
  • October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1850 » Pat Garrett, American sheriff († 1908)
• 1862 » Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1930)
• 1868 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish rebel leader († 1916)
• 1870 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor († 1935)
• 1876 » Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic († 1957)
• 1877 » Willard Miller, Canadian-American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient († 1959)