Genealogy Pot en Smit » HENDRIK SMIT (1865-1865)

Birthday July 2, 1865

• The temperature on July 2, 1865 was about 12.9 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. 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 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 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
  • May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
  • July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
  • December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1862 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1942)
• 1865 » Lily Braun, German author and publicist († 1916)
• 1869 » Liane de Pougy, French-Swiss dancer and author († 1950)
• 1876 » Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1933)
• 1877 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)