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Birthday July 25, 1863

• The temperature on July 25, 1863 was about 16.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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.
  • February 17 » A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
  • May 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: Two divisions of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton's defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.
  • May 21 » American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
  • June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
  • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
  • October 29 » Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1857 » Frank J. Sprague, American naval officer and inventor († 1934)
• 1865 » Jac. P. Thijsse, Dutch botanist and conservationist († 1945)
• 1866 » Frederick Blackman, English physiologist and academic († 1947)
• 1867 » Alexander Rummler, American painter († 1959)
• 1867 » Max Dauthendey, German author and painter († 1918)
• 1869 » Platon, Estonian bishop and saint († 1919)