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Birthday May 8, 1864

• The temperature on May 8, 1864 was about 13.3 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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.
  • April 10 » Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico.
  • April 29 » Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
  • May 22 » American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.
  • June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
  • August 18 » American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
  • November 15 » American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins Sherman's March to the Sea.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1853 » Dan Brouthers, American baseball player and manager († 1932)
• 1856 » Pedro Lascuráin, Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. († 1952)
• 1858 » Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer († 1924)
• 1858 » J. Meade Falkner, English author and poet († 1932)
• 1859 » Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer († 1925)
• 1867 » Margarete Böhme, German novelist († 1939)