Eijsermans family tree » Hendrik van der Heijden (1865-????)

Birthday September 9, 1865

• The temperature on September 9, 1865 was about 23.4 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 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)
• 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.
  • March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
  • March 16 » American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
  • March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
  • April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
  • June 23 » American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army.
  • July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1853 » Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and merchant († 1926)
• 1855 » Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German philosopher and author († 1927)
• 1863 » Herbert Henry Ball, English-Canadian journalist and politician († 1943)
• 1868 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author, poet, and critic († 1934)
• 1873 » Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American theater and film director († 1943)
• 1876 » Frank Chance, American baseball player and manager († 1924)