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Birthday March 27, 1864

• The temperature on March 27, 1864 was about 5.1 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
  • May 7 » American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.
  • May 15 » American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
  • May 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.
  • June 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
  • July 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
  • December 22 » American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the forces of General Sherman.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1860 » Frank Frost Abbott, American-Swiss scholar and academic († 1924)
• 1862 » Arturo Berutti, Argentinian composer († 1938)
• 1862 » Jelena Dimitrijević, Serbian short story writer, novelist, poet, traveller, social worker, feminist and polyglot († 1945)
• 1863 » Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, founded Rolls-Royce Limited († 1933)
• 1866 » John Allan, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Victoria († 1936)
• 1868 » Patty Hill, American songwriter and educator († 1946)