Eijsermans family tree » Maria Wilhelma van Geenen (1863-????)

Birthday November 6, 1863

• The temperature on November 6, 1863 was about 6.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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.
  • January 4 » The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
  • February 7 » HMSOrpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
  • April 2 » American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
  • April 17 » American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
  • June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
  • September 16 » Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1841 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician († 1915)
• 1851 » Charles Dow, American journalist and economist († 1902)
• 1854 » John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader († 1932)
• 1861 » James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball († 1939)
• 1880 » Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company († 1967)
• 1884 » May Brahe, Australian composer († 1956)