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Birthday January 26, 1863

• The temperature on January 26, 1863 was about 7.9 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 17 » A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
  • March 19 » The SSGeorgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines, and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
  • May 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
  • July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
  • October 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.
  • November 18 » King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1852 » Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer († 1905)
• 1857 » 12th Dalai Lama († 1875)
• 1861 » Louis Anquetin, French painter († 1932)
• 1864 » József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist († 1934)
• 1866 » John Cady, American golfer († 1933)
• 1877 » Kees van Dongen, Dutch painter († 1968)