Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » Cornelia de Ligt (1863-????)

Birthday January 13, 1863

• The temperature on January 13, 1863 was about 4.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 1 » American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
  • May 23 » The General German Workers' Association, a precursor of the modern Social Democratic Party of Germany, is founded in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.
  • August 21 » Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
  • September 7 » American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore captures Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a 7-week siege.
  • September 9 » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
  • October 31 » The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1859 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright († 1943)
• 1861 » Max Nonne, German neurologist and academic († 1959)
• 1864 » Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
• 1865 » Princess Marie of Orléans († 1908)
• 1866 » George Gurdjieff, Russian-French mystic and philosopher († 1949)
• 1866 » Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian bassoon player and composer († 1901)