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Birthday January 6, 1865

• The temperature on January 6, 1865 was about 3.5 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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 3 » Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
  • March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
  • May 9 » American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
  • July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
  • July 30 » The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
  • August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1857 » Hugh Mahon, Irish-Australian publisher and politician, 10th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1931)
• 1859 » Samuel Alexander, Australian-English philosopher and academic († 1938)
• 1861 » George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian († 1940)
• 1861 » Victor Horta, Belgian architect, designed Hôtel van Eetvelde († 1947)
• 1870 » Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany († 1944)
• 1872 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer († 1915)