Genealogy Verbist-Theunissen » Maria Helena Geurts (1865-????)

Birthday March 16, 1865

• The temperature on March 16, 1865 was about 2.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 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.
  • March 29 » American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
  • April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
  • December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1857 » Charles Harding Firth, English historian and academic († 1936)
• 1859 » Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and academic († 1906)
• 1865 » Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager († 1953)
• 1869 » Willy Burmester, German violinist († 1933)
• 1871 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler († 1932)
• 1871 » Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist († 1951)