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Birthday March 17, 1863

• The temperature on March 17, 1863 was about 5.0 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
  • 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.
  • July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
  • July 19 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
  • September 8 » American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
  • October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1849 » Charles F. Brush, American businessman and philanthropist, co-invented the Arc lamp († 1929)
• 1856 » Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter († 1910)
• 1862 » Silvio Gesell, Belgian merchant and economist († 1930)
• 1864 » Joseph Baptista, Indian engineer, lawyer, and politician († 1930)
• 1866 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist († 1939)
• 1867 » Patrice Contamine de Latour, Spanish poet († 1926)