Family tree May(ij)er, Wagner, Rutgers, Keereweer » Wilhelmina Catharina Alida Vrolijk (1863-????)

Birthday April 20, 1863

• The temperature on April 20, 1863 was about 10.8 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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.
  • June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
  • July 13 » New York City draft riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
  • September 19 » American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
  • October 26 » The Football Association is founded.
  • October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.

Source: Wikipedia

• 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)
• 1875 » Vladimir Vidrić, Croatian poet and lawyer († 1909)