Genealogy Van Golberdinge » Dirk de Ronde (1865-< 1959)

Birthday March 21, 1865

• The temperature on March 21, 1865 was about -5.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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.
  • April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign.
  • April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
  • July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
  • July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
  • December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
  • December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1857 » Alice Henry, Australian journalist and activist († 1943)
• 1859 » Daria Pratt, American golfer († 1938)
• 1865 » George Owen Squier, American general († 1934)
• 1866 » Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist († 1952)
• 1867 » Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., American director and producer († 1932)
• 1869 » David Robertson, Scottish-English golfer and rugby player († 1937)