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Birthday June 23, 1864

• The temperature on June 23, 1864 was about 15.9 °C. The air pressure was 6.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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.
  • 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.
  • May 21 » Russia declares an end to the Russo-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated the Circassian Day of Mourning.
  • June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads: Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
  • October 9 » American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia.
  • November 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material at the Battle of Johnsonville.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1843 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist († 1927)
• 1860 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet and librarian († 1929)
• 1863 » Sándor Bródy, Hungarian author and journalist († 1924)
• 1877 » Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor († 1929)
• 1879 » Huda Sha'arawi, Egyptian feminist and journalist († 1947)
• 1884 » Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player and politician († 1979)