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Birthday December 8, 1863

• The temperature on December 8, 1863 was about 7.8 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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.
  • April 30 » A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
  • May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
  • September 7 » American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore captures Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a 7-week siege.
  • October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
  • 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 19 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1861 » Aristide Maillol, French sculptor and painter († 1944)
• 1861 » Georges Méliès, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1938)
• 1861 » William C. Durant, American businessman, founded General Motors and Chevrolet († 1947)
• 1862 » Georges Feydeau, French playwright († 1921)
• 1863 » Charles Lincoln Edwards, American zoologist († 1937)
• 1864 » Camille Claudel, French illustrator and sculptor († 1943)