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Birthday February 14, 1863

• The temperature on February 14, 1863 was about 6.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 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.
  • May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
  • July 1 » Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
  • July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
  • 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.
  • November 27 » American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1848 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic († 1934)
• 1855 » Frank Harris, Irish author and journalist († 1931)
• 1859 » George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer, inventor of the Ferris wheel († 1896)
• 1860 » Eugen Schiffer, German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany († 1954)
• 1869 » Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
• 1878 » Julius Nieuwland, Belgian priest, chemist and academic († 1936)