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Birthday November 14, 1863

• The temperature on November 14, 1863 was about 4.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 24 » Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
  • May 27 » American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
  • August 4 » Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
  • August 21 » Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
  • 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.
  • November 23 » American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1861 » Frederick Jackson Turner, American historian and author († 1932)
• 1863 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer († 1944)
• 1869 » John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland († 1944)
• 1875 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician († 1899)
• 1875 » Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and activist († 1944)