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Birthday January 15, 1864

• The temperature on January 15, 1864 was about -9.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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.
  • February 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Olustee: The largest battle fought in Florida during the war.
  • 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.
  • July 19 » Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
  • 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.
  • August 23 » American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1858 » Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter († 1899)
• 1859 » Archibald Peake, English-Australian politician, 25th Premier of South Australia († 1920)
• 1863 » Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany († 1946)
• 1866 » Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1931)
• 1869 » Ruby Laffoon, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Kentucky († 1941)
• 1869 » Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish poet, playwright, and painter († 1907)