Dreyer Tree » Johann Frederik Charles Dreyer b4c2d1e1f6 (1863-????)

Birthday January 25, 1863

• The temperature on January 25, 1863 was about 5.1 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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.
  • March 30 » Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
  • April 17 » American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
  • May 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by the Army of Northern Virginia.
  • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
  • 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.
  • December 16 » American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1860 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States († 1936)
• 1864 » Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author († 1934)
• 1868 » Juventino Rosas, Mexican violinist and composer († 1894)
• 1874 » W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer († 1965)
• 1878 » Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-American engineer († 1975)