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Birthday March 1, 1862

• The temperature on March 1, 1862 was about 2.0 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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 13 » The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
  • June 5 » As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
  • 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.
  • August 19 » American Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
  • September 22 » A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln.
  • December 31 » American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1848 » Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Irish-American sculptor and academic († 1907)
• 1852 » Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1923)
• 1863 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and set designer († 1930)
• 1870 » E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and academic († 1944)
• 1876 » Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman († 1942)
• 1880 » Lytton Strachey, British writer and critic († 1932)