Arbre Chatelain » Marie Amélie CHATELAIN (1865-????)

Birthday June 10, 1865

• The temperature on June 10, 1865 was about 17.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
  • February 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
  • April 9 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
  • 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.
  • July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
  • July 30 » The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1854 » Sarah Grand, Irish feminist writer († 1943)
• 1859 » Emanuel Nobel, Swedish-Russian businessman († 1932)
• 1862 » Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress († 1937)
• 1863 » Louis Couperus, Dutch author and poet († 1923)
• 1864 » Ninian Comper, Scottish architect († 1960)
• 1865 » Frederick Cook, American physician and explorer († 1940)