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Birthday May 29, 1863

• The temperature on May 29, 1863 was about 16.9 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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.
  • February 7 » HMSOrpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
  • April 30 » A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
  • May 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by the Army of Northern Virginia.
  • June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
  • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
  • 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

• 1860 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer († 1909)
• 1871 » Clark Voorhees, American painter († 1933)
• 1873 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian organist and composer († 1918)
• 1874 » G. K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet, and playwright († 1936)
• 1880 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher († 1936)
• 1892 » Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author († 1938)