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Birthday January 12, 1863

• The temperature on January 12, 1863 was about 3.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 10 » The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
  • 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.
  • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
  • July 26 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends; At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
  • July 30 » American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder.
  • September 16 » Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1853 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician († 1925)
• 1856 » John Singer Sargent, American painter and academic († 1925)
• 1863 » Swami Vivekananda, Indian monk and philosopher († 1902)
• 1869 » Bhagwan Das, Indian philosopher, academic, and politician († 1958)
• 1873 » Spyridon Louis, Greek runner († 1940)
• 1874 » Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer († 1963)