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Birthday May 1, 1864

• The temperature on May 1, 1864 was about 12.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%. 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 1864: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
  • April 29 » Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
  • May 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: Union troops assault a Confederate salient known as the "Mule Shoe", with the fiercest fighting of the war, much of it hand-to-hand combat, occurring at "the Bloody Angle" on the northwest.
  • May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Resaca: The battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta.
  • May 22 » American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.
  • September 7 » American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1857 » Theo van Gogh, Dutch art dealer († 1891)
• 1859 » Jacqueline Comerre-Paton, French painter and sculptor († 1955)
• 1862 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright († 1941)
• 1864 » Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day († 1948)
• 1871 » Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, President of Nicaragua († 1966)
• 1871 » Seakle Greijdanus, Dutch theologian and scholar († 1948)