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Birthday July 4, 1863

• The temperature on July 4, 1863 was about 12.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 22 » The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
  • May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
  • June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
  • September 7 » American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore captures Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a 7-week siege.
  • October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
  • November 27 » American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1847 » James Anthony Bailey, American circus ringmaster, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus († 1906)
• 1854 » Victor Babeș, Romanian physician and biologist († 1926)
• 1868 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic († 1921)
• 1871 » Hubert Cecil Booth, English engineer († 1955)
• 1872 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States († 1933)
• 1874 » John McPhee, Australian journalist and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania († 1952)