Clarke Family Tree » Theophilus Ezzy (1865-> 1865)

Birthday March 12, 1865

• The temperature on March 12, 1865 was about 1.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 2 » Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.
  • January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
  • 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.
  • May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
  • November 18 » Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press.
  • December 24 » Jonathan Shank and Barry Ownby form The Ku Klux Klan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1859 » Ernesto Cesàro, Italian mathematician († 1906)
• 1860 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian poet and author († 1895)
• 1863 » Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian soldier, journalist, poet, and playwright († 1938)
• 1863 » Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian and Ukrainian mineralogist and chemist († 1945)
• 1864 » W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist († 1922)
• 1869 » George Forbes, New Zealand politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1947)