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Birthday May 8, 1864

• The temperature on May 8, 1864 was about 13.3 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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.
  • May 21 » Russia declares an end to the Russo-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated the Circassian Day of Mourning.
  • July 22 » American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta: Outside Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
  • September 29 » The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.
  • October 2 » American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners (most of them are from a Black cavalry unit) ensues.
  • October 31 » Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
  • November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1853 » Dan Brouthers, American baseball player and manager († 1932)
• 1856 » Pedro Lascuráin, Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. († 1952)
• 1858 » Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer († 1924)
• 1858 » J. Meade Falkner, English author and poet († 1932)
• 1859 » Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer († 1925)
• 1867 » Margarete Böhme, German novelist († 1939)