Family tree Ham » Johanna Geurdes (1826-1889)

Day of marriage April 7, 1861

• The temperature on April 7, 1861 was about 8.7 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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.
  • February 9 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
  • March 30 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Sir William Crookes announces his discovery of thallium.
  • April 19 » American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
  • 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.
  • September 3 » American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
  • November 8 » American Civil War: The "Trent Affair": The USSSan Jacinto stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.

Day of death September 29, 1889

• The temperature on September 29, 1889 was about 9.6 °C. There was 18 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
  • May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
  • June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
  • July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
  • August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
  • November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1887 » Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1902 » William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1839)