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Birthday January 13, 1863

• The temperature on January 13, 1863 was about 4.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 11 » American Civil War: CSSAlabama encounters and sinks the USSHatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
  • 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 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
  • July 13 » New York City draft riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
  • October 26 » The Football Association is founded.
  • December 16 » American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1859 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright († 1943)
• 1861 » Max Nonne, German neurologist and academic († 1959)
• 1864 » Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
• 1865 » Princess Marie of Orléans († 1908)
• 1866 » George Gurdjieff, Russian-French mystic and philosopher († 1949)
• 1866 » Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian bassoon player and composer († 1901)