FutureHistory » Joannes Baptist Suykens (1789-1865)

Christening day April 23, 1792

• The temperature on April 23, 1792 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1792: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 9 » Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed.
  • April 2 » The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
  • August 10 » French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
  • September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
  • October 3 » A militia departs from the Spanish stronghold of Valdivia to quell a Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.
  • October 13 » In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.

Day of death October 10, 1865

• The temperature on October 10, 1865 was about 10.9 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 1865: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 31 » American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
  • April 3 » American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
  • April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
  • May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
  • July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
  • December 24 » Jonathan Shank and Barry Ownby form The Ku Klux Klan.

Day of burial October 12, 1865

• The temperature on October 12, 1865 was about 14.6 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 26 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 1865: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • April 26 » Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
  • May 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
  • May 26 » American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.
  • June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
  • July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
  • December 2 » Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks

Source: Wikipedia

• 1837 » Charles Fourier, French philosopher and academic (b. 1772)
• 1857 » George Washington Parke Custis, American author and playwright (b. 1781)
• 1872 » William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (b. 1801)
• 1875 » Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1817)
• 1876 » Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (b. 1814)
• 1893 » Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (b. 1845)