Family tree Hendriks » Johannes Theodorus Coletta HENDRIKS (1862-????)

Birthday March 6, 1862

• The temperature on March 6, 1862 was about 2.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. 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)
• 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 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 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
  • July 15 » The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. The encounter changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi and helped to reverse Rebel fortunes on the river in the summer of 1862.
  • August 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain: At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
  • August 19 » American Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
  • September 15 » American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day Harpers Ferry, West Virginia).
  • September 17 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1849 » Georg Luger, Austrian gun designer, designed the Luger pistol († 1923)
• 1864 » Richard Rushall, British businessman († 1953)
• 1870 » Oscar Straus, Viennese composer and conductor († 1954)
• 1871 » Afonso Costa, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1937)
• 1872 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer († 1938)
• 1879 » Jimmy Hunter, New Zealand rugby player († 1962)