Genealogy Manuel » Maria Catharina "Maria Catharina" Smit (1865-????)

Birthday June 4, 1865

• The temperature on June 4, 1865 was about 20.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 4 » The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
  • March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
  • April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
  • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
  • June 19 » Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
  • December 4 » North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed soon by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1854 » Solko van den Bergh, Dutch target shooter († 1916)
• 1860 » Alexis Lapointe, Canadian runner († 1924)
• 1861 » William Propsting, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Tasmania († 1937)
• 1866 » Miina Sillanpää, Finnish journalist and politician († 1952)
• 1867 » Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish general and politician, 6th President of Finland († 1951)
• 1873 » Nictzin Dyalhis, American author (d.1942)