FutureHistory » Carolus Alphonsus "Charles" (Carolus Alphonsus "Charles") Wittock (1862-????)

Birthday September 23, 1862

• The temperature on September 23, 1862 was about 10.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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.
  • February 6 » American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
  • February 10 » American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
  • March 8 » American Civil War: The Naval Battle of Hampton Roads begins.
  • March 23 » American Civil War: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
  • June 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.
  • July 4 » Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1861 » Robert Bosch, German engineer and businessman, founded Robert Bosch GmbH († 1942)
• 1863 » Mary Church Terrell, American author and activist († 1954)
• 1865 » Emma Orczy, Hungarian-English author and playwright († 1947)
• 1865 » Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter († 1933)
• 1865 » Suzanne Valadon, French model and painter († 1938)
• 1867 » John Lomax, American teacher, musicologist, and folklorist († 1948)