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Birthday March 24, 1865

• The temperature on March 24, 1865 was about 5.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 4 » The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
  • 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.
  • May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
  • October 11 » Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
  • December 6 » Georgia ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1855 » Andrew W. Mellon, American banker, financier, and diplomat, 49th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1937)
• 1862 » Frank Weston Benson, American painter and educator († 1951)
• 1869 » Émile Fabre, French author and playwright († 1955)
• 1871 » Alec Hurley, English music hall singer († 1913)
• 1874 » Harry Houdini, Hungarian-Jewish American magician and actor († 1926)
• 1874 » Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of the Italian Republic († 1961)