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Birthday January 30, 1863

• The temperature on January 30, 1863 was about 8.2 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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.
  • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
  • June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
  • July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
  • September 16 » Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
  • 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.
  • November 26 » United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1846 » Angela of the Cross, Spanish nun and saint († 1932)
• 1859 » Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player and manager († 1944)
• 1861 » Charles Martin Loeffler, German-American violinist and composer († 1935)
• 1862 » Walter Damrosch, German-American conductor and composer († 1950)
• 1866 » Gelett Burgess, American author, poet, and critic († 1951)
• 1878 » Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author († 1940)