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Birthday November 10, 1863

• The temperature on November 10, 1863 was about 2.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 10 » The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
  • May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
  • May 18 » American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
  • May 23 » The General German Workers' Association, a precursor of the modern Social Democratic Party of Germany, is founded in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.
  • July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1868 » Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Shotokan († 1957)
• 1869 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American assassin of Umberto I of Italy († 1901)
• 1871 » Winston Churchill, American author and painter († 1947)
• 1873 » Henri Rabaud, French conductor and composer († 1949)
• 1874 » Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter († 1954)