Eijsermans family tree » Maria Elisabeth van Vlerken (1865-1911)

Birthday July 3, 1865

• The temperature on July 3, 1865 was about 18.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 1865: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • April 10 » American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
  • May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
  • May 9 » American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
  • May 9 » American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
  • July 30 » The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
  • December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1860 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author († 1935)
• 1866 » Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter († 1906)
• 1869 » Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor († 1933)
• 1870 » R. B. Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada († 1947)
• 1871 » William Henry Davies, Welsh poet and writer (d.1940)
• 1874 » Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor († 1928)