About the day » Wednesday April 26, 1865Calender converter

• Aloijsius Peter van Haaren, Hooge &, Lage Mierde († 1866)
• Arie De BRUIJN, Maasland († 1956)
• Alida Elisabeth Maria Catharina Tomeij, Den Haag, Nederland († 1927)
• Anna Maria Wismans, Horst, Limburg, Nederland († 1867)
• Arie Vogelaar, Stein († 1926)
• Anna Carolina Osterloh, Lingen, Hannover (D)
• Annetje Hoek, Rhoon
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Zeegerman, Burgerlijke Stand, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Haasters, Rotterdam
• ARIE DE BRUIJN, MAASLAND († 1956)

• Assassin John Wilkes (mason) Booth DNA998o (26), Virginia, United States
• Antonius Schutjens, Son en Breugel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aalberdina Gerritsen (73), Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland
• Christina Bareman (48), Terneuzen
• Anne Marie Gijsbertine Elisabeth Justine van Bevervoorden tot Oldemeule (43), Arnhem,Gemeente Arnhem,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Ann ALLEN (HADLEY) (73), Cornbow, Worcestershire
• Charles Joseph SAX (75), Paris, 75056, Paris, Ile-de-France, Frankrijk
• Ant(h)onie Weidema (6), Nijkerk
• ANNA CHRISTINA VAN ZONNEVELT (74), 'S-GRAVENHAGE
• Anthonie Weidema (6), Nijkerk

• 1856 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1930)
• 1862 » Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and educator († 1938)
• 1876 » Ernst Felle, German rower († 1959)
• 1877 » James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales († 1950)
• 1878 » Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican bishop and saint († 1938)
• 1879 » Eric Campbell, British actor († 1917)
• 1879 » Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
• 1886 » Ğabdulla Tuqay, Russian poet and publicist († 1913)
• 1886 » Ma Rainey, American singer († 1939)
• 1889 » Anita Loos, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1981)

• 1809 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (b. 1748)
• 1865 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
• 1895 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)
• 1920 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)
• 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Dirk
12. Adrianus
13. Arie
14. Klaas
15. Gerardus
16. Albert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Neeltje
13. Antje
14. Trijntje
15. Elizabeth
16. Petronella

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
• April 26 » American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina. Also the date of Confederate Memorial Day for two states.
• May 9 » American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
• May 10 » American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
• December 2 » Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks
• December 4 » North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed soon by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.

The temperature on April 26, 1865 was about 15.8 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.