Parenteel van Alof IJkman » Adriaan Arie de Groot (1865-????)

Birthday May 12, 1865

• The temperature on May 12, 1865 was about 11.2 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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.
  • January 31 » American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
  • March 3 » Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
  • April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
  • April 14 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln died the next day.
  • May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
  • July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1859 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia († 1918)
• 1859 » William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician († 1932)
• 1863 » Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, Bengali writer, painter, violin player and composer, technologist and entrepreneur. († 1915)
• 1867 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant († 1938)
• 1869 » Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, wrestler, and weightlifter († 1946)
• 1872 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia († 1940)