FutureHistory » Franciscus Antonius Maria (Frans) van Kerckhoven (1862-????)

Birthday June 14, 1862

• The temperature on June 14, 1862 was about 16.7 °C. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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.
  • April 29 » American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.
  • June 9 » American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world.
  • August 17 » American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
  • 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.
  • December 26 » Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USSRed Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
  • December 26 » The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, where 38 Native Americans died.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1855 » Robert M. La Follette, American lawyer and politician, 20th Governor of Wisconsin († 1925)
• 1856 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist († 1922)
• 1862 » John Ulric Nef, Swiss-American chemist and academic († 1915)
• 1864 » Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist († 1915)
• 1868 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist († 1947)
• 1868 » Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1943)