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

Birthday March 4, 1865

• The temperature on March 4, 1865 was about 3.5 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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.
  • February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • April 3 » American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
  • 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 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
  • July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
  • July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1863 » John Henry Wigmore, American academic and jurist († 1943)
• 1863 » R. I. Pocock, English zoologist and archaeologist († 1947)
• 1864 » David W. Taylor, American admiral, architect, and engineer († 1940)
• 1866 » Eugène Cosserat, French mathematician and astronomer († 1931)
• 1867 » Charles Pelot Summerall, senior United States Army officer († 1955)
• 1867 » Jacob L. Beilhart, American activist, founded the Spirit Fruit Society († 1908)