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Birthday September 4, 1865

• The temperature on September 4, 1865 was about 24.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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.
  • February 20 » End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance.
  • March 4 » The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
  • 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.
  • July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
  • 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

• 1846 » Daniel Burnham, American architect, designed the World's Columbian Exposition († 1912)
• 1848 » Jennie Lee, American actress († 1925)
• 1848 » Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor († 1928)
• 1850 » Luigi Cadorna, Italian field marshal († 1928)
• 1851 » John Dillon, Irish poet and politician († 1927)
• 1885 » Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal († 1971)