Family tree Kap » Elisabeth van Leeuwen, (1863-????)

Birthday July 3, 1863

• The temperature on July 3, 1863 was about 19.8 °C. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 1863: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 19 » The SSGeorgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines, and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
  • April 16 » American Civil War: During the Vicksburg Campaign, gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg.
  • May 17 » Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
  • June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
  • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
  • July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1854 » Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and theorist († 1928)
• 1860 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author († 1935)
• 1866 » Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter († 1906)
• 1869 » Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor († 1933)
• 1870 » R. B. Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada († 1947)
• 1871 » William Henry Davies, Welsh poet and writer (d.1940)