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Birthday November 27, 1864

• The temperature on November 27, 1864 was about 5.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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.
  • March 16 » American Civil War: During the Red River Campaign, Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
  • April 10 » Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico.
  • May 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
  • June 27 » American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
  • August 22 » Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
  • November 29 » American Indian Wars: Sand Creek massacre: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1857 » Charles Scott Sherrington, English physiologist, bacteriologist, and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1952)
• 1859 » William Bliss Baker, American painter († 1886)
• 1865 » Janez Evangelist Krek, Slovene priest, journalist, and politician († 1917)
• 1867 » Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator († 1950)
• 1870 » Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish academic and politician, 7th President of Finland († 1956)
• 1871 » Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer († 1950)