FutureHistory » Augustinus Franciscus van Landeghem (1864-????)

Birthday June 22, 1864

• The temperature on June 22, 1864 was about 20.8 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 1864: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • June 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
  • June 15 » American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
  • August 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
  • September 2 » American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city, ending the Atlanta Campaign.
  • September 29 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought.
  • November 15 » American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins Sherman's March to the Sea.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1855 » Samuel Morris, Australian cricketer († 1931)
• 1856 » Henry Rider Haggard, English novelist († 1925)
• 1861 » Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral († 1914)
• 1864 » Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician and academic († 1909)
• 1871 » William McDougall, English psychologist and polymath († 1938)
• 1873 » Filippo Silvestri, Italian entomologist and academic († 1949)