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Birthday January 8, 1864

• The temperature on January 8, 1864 was about -10.6 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 29 » Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
  • May 9 » Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
  • May 22 » American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.
  • July 29 » American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
  • July 30 » American Civil War: Battle of the Crater: Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1860 » Emma Booth, English author († 1903)
• 1862 » Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company († 1934)
• 1864 » Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale († 1892)
• 1865 » Winnaretta Singer, American philanthropist († 1943)
• 1866 » William G. Conley, American educator and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia († 1940)
• 1867 » Emily Greene Balch, American economist and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)