Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » Arij van Berkel (1864-????)

Birthday January 12, 1864

• The temperature on January 12, 1864 was about -5.1 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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.
  • June 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
  • June 15 » American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
  • June 30 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
  • October 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.
  • November 25 » American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1853 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician († 1925)
• 1856 » John Singer Sargent, American painter and academic († 1925)
• 1863 » Swami Vivekananda, Indian monk and philosopher († 1902)
• 1869 » Bhagwan Das, Indian philosopher, academic, and politician († 1958)
• 1873 » Spyridon Louis, Greek runner († 1940)
• 1874 » Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer († 1963)