Family tree Van Willigen » Abraham Adrianus Boedermakers (1862-????)

Birthday July 11, 1862

• The temperature on July 11, 1862 was about 14.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 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)
• 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.
  • May 5 » Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
  • May 15 » President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
  • July 15 » The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. The encounter changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi and helped to reverse Rebel fortunes on the river in the summer of 1862.
  • July 16 » American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
  • September 1 » American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
  • September 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1846 » Léon Bloy, French author and poet († 1917)
• 1849 » N. E. Brown, English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents († 1934)
• 1850 » Annie Armstrong, American missionary († 1938)
• 1866 » Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine († 1953)
• 1875 » H. M. Brock, British painter and illustrator († 1960)
• 1880 » Friedrich Lahrs, German architect and academic († 1964)