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Day of marriage June 5, 1793

• The temperature on June 5, 1793 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1793: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 21 » After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
  • April 6 » During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
  • May 15 » Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5–6 meters, during one of the first attempted manned flights.
  • August 12 » The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
  • October 16 » War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.
  • December 18 » Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMSLutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.

Day of death March 6, 1865

• The temperature on March 6, 1865 was about 7.1 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 4 » The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
  • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
  • 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.
  • 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 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

Day of burial March 9, 1865

• The temperature on March 9, 1865 was about 1.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
  • March 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
  • April 26 » Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
  • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
  • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
  • July 21 » In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1836 » Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo:
• 1854 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1778)
• 1866 » William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
• 1867 » Charles Farrar Browne, American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
• 1888 » Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)