Eijsermans family tree » Cornelia Adriana Elisabeth Hendrikx (1861-????)

Birthday May 10, 1861

• The temperature on May 10, 1861 was about 7.7 °C. There was 14 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• 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 year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
  • April 6 » First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
  • July 26 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
  • August 5 » American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
  • August 19 » First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
  • November 9 » The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1855 » Yukteswar Giri, Indian guru and educator († 1936)
• 1872 » Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist († 1950)
• 1876 » Ivan Cankar, Slovenian poet and playwright († 1918)
• 1878 » Gustav Stresemann, German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate († 1929)
• 1878 » Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter († 1967)