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Birthday May 30, 1864

• The temperature on May 30, 1864 was about 13.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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 1864: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • April 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield: Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
  • April 22 » The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
  • May 7 » American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.
  • May 31 » American Civil War: Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: The Army of Northern Virginia engages the Army of the Potomac.
  • August 22 » Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
  • November 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material at the Battle of Johnsonville.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1862 » Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Azerbaijani philosopher and poet († 1911)
• 1869 » Grace Andrews, American mathematician († 1951)
• 1874 » Ernest Duchesne, French physician († 1912)
• 1875 » Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher and academic († 1944)
• 1879 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier († 1917)
• 1879 » Konstantin Ramul, Estonian psychologist and academic († 1975)