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Birthday August 23, 1862

• The temperature on August 23, 1862 was about 17.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• 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 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 9 » American Civil War: USSMonitor and CSSVirginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
  • April 12 » American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw).
  • April 25 » American Civil War: Forces under U.S. Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • July 15 » The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. The encounter changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi and helped to reverse Rebel fortunes on the river in the summer of 1862.
  • September 2 » American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
  • December 31 » American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1852 » Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia († 1913)
• 1852 » Radha Gobinda Kar, Indian physician and philanthropist († 1918)
• 1854 » Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer († 1925)
• 1864 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek lawyer, jurist, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece († 1936)
• 1867 » Edgar de Wahl, Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and academic († 1948)
• 1868 » Edgar Lee Masters, American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright († 1950)