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Birthday October 16, 1864

• The temperature on October 16, 1864 was about 7.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 18 » Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
  • May 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
  • May 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.
  • July 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
  • 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.
  • October 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1861 » J. B. Bury, Irish historian and scholar († 1927)
• 1861 » Richard Sears, American tennis player († 1943)
• 1863 » Austen Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1867 » Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa († 1963)
• 1869 » Claude H. Van Tyne, American historian and author († 1930)
• 1872 » Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and businessman, co-founded Buckmaster & Moore († 1942)