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Birthday March 19, 1865

• The temperature on March 19, 1865 was about -2.1 °C. The air pressure was 26 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 1865: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 4 » The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
  • March 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
  • March 29 » American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
  • July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
  • December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
  • December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1860 » William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State († 1925)
• 1861 » Lomer Gouin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Quebec († 1929)
• 1864 » Charles Marion Russell, American painter and sculptor († 1926)
• 1865 » William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist, myrmecologist, and academic († 1937)
• 1868 » Senda Berenson Abbott, Lithuanian-American basketball player and educator († 1954)
• 1871 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and coach († 1921)