The temperature on May 20, 1863 was about 7.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
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.
January 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
February 7 » HMSOrpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
May 17 » Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
June 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
August 15 » The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
Day of death July 20, 1863
The temperature on July 20, 1863 was about 13.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
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.
January 26 » American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
March 30 » Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
May 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by the Army of Northern Virginia.
June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
September 6 » American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
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.
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