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Birthday January 22, 1863

• The temperature on January 22, 1863 was about 7.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 21 » American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
  • May 27 » American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
  • June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
  • June 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
  • July 30 » American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1858 » Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist († 1943)
• 1861 » George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales († 1940)
• 1865 » Wilbur Scoville, American chemist and pharmacist († 1942)
• 1867 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician († 1943)
• 1869 » José Vicente de Freitas, Portuguese colonel and politician, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1952)
• 1874 » Edward Harkness, American philanthropist († 1940)