Eijsermans family tree » Emiliana Petronella Maria van den Heuvel (1863-????)

Birthday August 14, 1863

• The temperature on August 14, 1863 was about 23.1 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 39%. 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.
  • January 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
  • March 19 » The SSGeorgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines, and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
  • May 21 » American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
  • May 22 » American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
  • July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1857 » Max Wagenknecht, German organist, composer, and educator († 1922)
• 1863 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author († 1940)
• 1865 » Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and academic († 1952)
• 1866 » Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic († 1962)
• 1867 » Cupid Childs, American baseball player († 1912)
• 1867 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1933)