Family tree Van Driel » Gerridina Krommendijk (1826-1879)

Day of marriage April 29, 1861

• The temperature on April 29, 1861 was about 7.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• 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 year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • April 6 » First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
  • April 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
  • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
  • August 6 » Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
  • October 24 » The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
  • November 7 » The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.

Day of death April 1, 1879

• The temperature on April 1, 1879 was about 8.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
  • April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
  • July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
  • September 3 » Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
  • October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
  • October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1865 » Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797)
• 1872 » Frederick Denison Maurice, English theologian and academic (b. 1805)
• 1878 » John C.W. Daly, English-Canadian soldier and politician (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (b. 1825)
• 1890 » David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)