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Birthday March 11, 1863

• The temperature on March 11, 1863 was about 2.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 11 » American Civil War: CSSAlabama encounters and sinks the USSHatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
  • 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.
  • August 21 » Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
  • October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
  • October 29 » Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.
  • November 18 » King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1854 » Jane Meade Welch, American journalist and lecturer († 1931)
• 1863 » Andrew Stoddart, English cricketer and rugby player († 1915)
• 1870 » Louis Bachelier, French mathematician and theorist († 1946)
• 1872 » Kathleen Clarice Groom, Australian-English author and screenwriter († 1954)
• 1873 » David Horsley, English-American film producer, co-founded Universal Studios († 1933)
• 1876 » Carl Ruggles, American pianist and composer († 1971)