Family tree Grootendorst » Cornelia Wilhelmina Seton (1864-????)

Birthday December 28, 1864

• The temperature on December 28, 1864 was about -0.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 1864: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • May 29 » Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
  • June 15 » American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
  • July 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
  • September 29 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought.
  • September 29 » The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.
  • October 30 » The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1842 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer († 1891)
• 1856 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1865 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter († 1925)
• 1870 » Charles Bennett, English runner († 1949)
• 1882 » Arthur Eddington, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician († 1944)
• 1882 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter († 1931)