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Birthday April 26, 1864

• The temperature on April 26, 1864 was about 14.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. 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.
  • April 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield: Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
  • May 7 » The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.
  • August 22 » Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
  • September 2 » American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city, ending the Atlanta Campaign.
  • September 18 » American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.
  • October 28 » American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital is repulsed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1856 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1930)
• 1862 » Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and educator († 1938)
• 1876 » Ernst Felle, German rower († 1959)
• 1877 » James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales († 1950)
• 1878 » Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican bishop and saint († 1938)
• 1879 » Eric Campbell, British actor († 1917)