Family tree Familie John, Amesz, van der Genugten Nederland-Duitsland » Sijbrand Schaap (1862-< 1895)

Birthday April 20, 1862

• The temperature on April 20, 1862 was about 11.1 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 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)
• 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.
  • March 13 » The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
  • May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
  • May 31 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston and G.W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.
  • June 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
  • July 18 » First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
  • August 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1850 » Daniel Chester French, American sculptor, designed the Lincoln statue († 1931)
• 1851 » Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist († 1918)
• 1851 » Siegmund Lubin, Polish-American businessman, founded the Lubin Manufacturing Company († 1923)
• 1860 » Justinien de Clary, French target shooter († 1933)
• 1871 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant († 1951)
• 1873 » James Harcourt, English character actor († 1951)