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Birthday October 1, 1863

• The temperature on October 1, 1863 was about 13.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. 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 1863: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 26 » American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
  • February 17 » A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
  • June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
  • July 3 » American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
  • September 19 » American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
  • October 29 » Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1842 » S. Subramania Iyer, Indian lawyer and jurist († 1924)
• 1846 » Nectarios of Aegina, Greek metropolitan and saint († 1920)
• 1847 » Annie Besant, English-Indian activist and author († 1933)
• 1865 » Paul Dukas, French composer, scholar, and critic († 1935)
• 1878 » Othmar Spann, Austrian economist, sociologist, and philosopher († 1950)
• 1881 » William Boeing, American engineer and businessman, founded the Boeing Company († 1956)