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Birthday January 16, 1863

• The temperature on January 16, 1863 was about -1.9 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 2 » American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
  • June 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
  • July 1 » Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
  • 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.
  • October 26 » The Football Association is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1853 » André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company († 1931)
• 1853 » Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, Greek-English general († 1947)
• 1853 » Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor and manager († 1937)
• 1870 » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, State Elder of Estonia († 1942)
• 1872 » Henri Büsser, French organist, composer, and conductor († 1973)
• 1874 » Robert W. Service, English-Canadian poet and author († 1958)