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Birthday January 14, 1863

• The temperature on January 14, 1863 was about 4.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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.
  • February 7 » HMSOrpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
  • May 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by the Army of Northern Virginia.
  • May 21 » American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
  • July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
  • August 21 » Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
  • November 25 » American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1856 » J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher, co-founded The Bulletin († 1919)
• 1861 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan († 1926)
• 1862 » Carrie Derick, Canadian botanist and geneticist († 1941)
• 1863 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal († 1929)
• 1863 » Richard F. Outcault, American author and illustrator († 1928)
• 1869 » Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze, French polo player and politician († 1937)