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Birthday January 27, 1864

• The temperature on January 27, 1864 was about 4.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
  • February 27 » American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
  • March 11 » The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
  • May 9 » Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
  • June 12 » American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
  • June 30 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
  • July 28 » American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1850 » Edward Smith, English captain († 1912)
• 1850 » John Collier, English painter and author († 1934)
• 1850 » Samuel Gompers, English-American labor leader († 1924)
• 1858 » Neel Doff, Dutch-Belgian author († 1942)
• 1859 » Wilhelm II, German Emperor († 1941)
• 1869 » Will Marion Cook, American violinist and composer († 1944)