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Birthday February 25, 1864

• The temperature on February 25, 1864 was about 2.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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.
  • March 11 » The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
  • June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads: Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
  • August 18 » American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
  • September 2 » American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city, ending the Atlanta Campaign.
  • September 29 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1856 » Karl Gotthard Lamprecht, German historian and academic († 1915)
• 1857 » Robert Bond, Canadian politician; first Prime Minister of Newfoundland († 1927)
• 1860 » William Ashley, English historian and academic († 1927)
• 1865 » Andranik, Armenian general († 1927)
• 1866 » Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher and politician († 1952)
• 1869 » Phoebus Levene, Russian-American biochemist and physician († 1940)