Family tree Glasmeier (Dld) » Neeltje van Eijk (1791-1861)

Christening day July 31, 1791

• The temperature on July 31, 1791 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1791: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 4 » The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
  • June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
  • August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
  • August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
  • August 30 » HMSPandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
  • September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.

Day of death March 22, 1861

• The temperature on March 22, 1861 was about 3.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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.
  • January 10 » American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
  • May 24 » American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
  • July 16 » American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
  • August 29 » American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.
  • December 10 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.

Day of burial March 26, 1861

• The temperature on March 26, 1861 was about 14.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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.
  • March 17 » The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
  • 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.
  • August 29 » American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.
  • September 17 » Argentine Civil Wars: The State of Buenos Aires defeats the Argentine Confederation at the Battle of Pavón.
  • October 21 » American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
  • December 4 » The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1820 » Stephen Decatur, American commander (b. 1779)
• 1832 » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (b. 1749)
• 1840 » Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic (b. 1798)
• 1864 » Konstanty Kalinowski, writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Samuel Courtauld, English businessman (b. 1793)
• 1896 » Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and politician (b. 1822)