Family tree Geurts » Wilhelmus "Fiep" van Orsouw (1863-????)

Birthday December 21, 1863

• The temperature on December 21, 1863 was about 4.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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.
  • February 17 » A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
  • May 2 » American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
  • May 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: Two divisions of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton's defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.
  • June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
  • July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
  • September 9 » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Source: Wikipedia

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