Family tree Harmsen-de Vries » Pieternella Cornelia Swan (1864-????)

Birthday October 23, 1864

• The temperature on October 23, 1864 was about 12.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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.
  • April 18 » Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
  • May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Resaca: The battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta.
  • May 22 » American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.
  • June 15 » Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81km) of the Arlington estate (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
  • August 18 » American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
  • September 1 » American Civil War: The Confederate Army General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta, ending a four-month siege by General William Tecumseh Sherman.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1857 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor († 1899)
• 1863 » Mirko Breyer, Croatian writer, bibliographer, antiquarian, and one of the notable alleged and false victims of the Stara Gradiška concentration camp († 1946)
• 1865 » Neltje Blanchan, American historian and author († 1918)
• 1869 » John Heisman, American football player and coach († 1936)
• 1870 » Francis Kelley, Canadian-American bishop († 1948)
• 1873 » William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer († 1975)