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Birthday September 22, 1865

• The temperature on September 22, 1865 was about 17.5 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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.
  • March 16 » American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
  • April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
  • April 26 » Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
  • July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
  • August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
  • December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1862 » Anastasios Charalambis, Greek lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1949)
• 1868 » Louise McKinney, Canadian educator and politician († 1931)
• 1870 » Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader († 1942)
• 1870 » Charlotte Cooper, English-Scottish tennis player († 1966)
• 1875 » Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Lithuanian painter and composer († 1911)
• 1876 » André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 67th Prime Minister of France († 1945)