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Birthday September 11, 1863

• The temperature on September 11, 1863 was about 14.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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.
  • May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
  • June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
  • September 7 » American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore captures Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a 7-week siege.
  • October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
  • October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1860 » James Allan, New Zealand rugby player († 1934)
• 1861 » Juhani Aho, Finnish author and journalist († 1921)
• 1862 » Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician († 1910)
• 1862 » Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor General of Canada († 1935)
• 1862 » O. Henry, American short story writer († 1910)
• 1865 » Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright († 1929)