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Birthday December 10, 1862

• The temperature on December 10, 1862 was about 9.5 °C. There was 13 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• 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 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 16 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
  • June 6 » American Civil War: Battle of Memphis: Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
  • June 9 » American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world.
  • July 15 » The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. The encounter changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi and helped to reverse Rebel fortunes on the river in the summer of 1862.
  • August 17 » American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
  • September 18 » The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1851 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System († 1931)
• 1866 » Louis Bolk, Dutch anatomist and biologist († 1930)
• 1870 » Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician († 1933)
• 1870 » Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian († 1958)
• 1870 » Pierre Louÿs, Belgian-French author and poet († 1925)
• 1878 » C. Rajagopalachari, Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India († 1972)