Van Lerberghe genealogy » Victor Joseph DOUMONT (1863-????)

Birthday April 27, 1863

• The temperature on April 27, 1863 was about 17.6 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%. 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 1863: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 26 » American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
  • February 17 » A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
  • April 30 » A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
  • May 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
  • June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
  • July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1850 » Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general and politician († 1921)
• 1853 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic († 1914)
• 1857 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator († 1914)
• 1861 » William Arms Fisher, American composer and music historian († 1948)
• 1866 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player († 1916)
• 1875 » Frederick Fane, Irish-born, English cricketer († 1960)