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.
  • April 22 » The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
  • April 29 » Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
  • June 27 » American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
  • July 28 » American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
  • September 1 » American Civil War: The Confederate Army General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta, ending a four-month siege by General William Tecumseh Sherman.
  • October 7 » American Civil War: A US Navy ship captures a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.

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)