Eijsermans family tree » Maria Anna Hamers (1862-1862)

Birthday December 4, 1862

• The temperature on December 4, 1862 was about 4.4 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. 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.
  • March 9 » American Civil War: USSMonitor and CSSVirginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
  • June 7 » The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons–Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.
  • July 15 » The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. The encounter changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi and helped to reverse Rebel fortunes on the river in the summer of 1862.
  • August 17 » American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
  • August 19 » American Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
  • September 22 » A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1861 » Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland († 1922)
• 1865 » Edith Cavell, English nurse, humanitarian, and saint (Anglicanism) († 1915)
• 1867 » Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria († 1940)
• 1868 » Jesse Burkett, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1953)
• 1875 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor († 1964)
• 1875 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and coach († 1945)