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Birthday August 10, 1863

• The temperature on August 10, 1863 was about 26.1 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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.
  • January 26 » American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
  • March 19 » The SSGeorgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines, and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
  • June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
  • July 3 » American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
  • October 26 » The Football Association is founded.
  • December 16 » American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1856 » William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time († 1915)
• 1860 » Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist († 1936)
• 1865 » Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator († 1936)
• 1868 » Hugo Eckener, German pilot and businessman († 1954)
• 1869 » Laurence Binyon, English poet, playwright, and scholar († 1943)
• 1870 » Trần Tế Xương a Vietnamese poet and satirist († 1907)