Arbre Chatelain » Marie Auguste Pierre LHUILLIER (1865-????)

Birthday October 29, 1865

• The temperature on October 29, 1865 was about 2.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery and submits it to the states for ratification.
  • March 3 » Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
  • April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
  • June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
  • July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
  • December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1855 » Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop († 1939)
• 1856 » Jacques Curie, French physicist and academic († 1941)
• 1861 » Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter († 1904)
• 1866 » Antonio Luna, Filipino general and politician († 1899)
• 1875 » Marie of Romania († 1938)
• 1877 » Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer († 1966)