Eijsermans family tree » Maria Catharina van Heumen (1863-????)

Birthday November 16, 1863

• The temperature on November 16, 1863 was about 6.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
  • May 23 » The General German Workers' Association, a precursor of the modern Social Democratic Party of Germany, is founded in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.
  • June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
  • August 16 » The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
  • October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
  • November 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee: Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.
  • November 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1851 » Minnie Hauk, American-Swiss soprano and actress († 1929)
• 1856 » Jürgen Kröger, German architect († 1928)
• 1861 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician and journalist († 1930)
• 1862 » Charles Turner, Australian cricketer († 1944)
• 1873 » W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer († 1958)
• 1874 » Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer († 1920)