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Birthday September 27, 1863

• The temperature on September 27, 1863 was about 15.2 °C. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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.
  • May 21 » American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
  • June 14 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
  • June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
  • July 4 » American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
  • July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
  • October 26 » The Football Association is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1861 » Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, American poet and author († 1933)
• 1864 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest and politician († 1938)
• 1866 » Eurosia Fabris, Italian saint († 1932)
• 1871 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1936)
• 1879 » Frederick Schule, American hurdler and coach († 1962)
• 1879 » Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician and philosopher († 1934)