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Birthday January 8, 1865

• The temperature on January 8, 1865 was about 2.8 °C. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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.
  • January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
  • March 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
  • April 2 » American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia.
  • June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
  • July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
  • December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1860 » Emma Booth, English author († 1903)
• 1862 » Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company († 1934)
• 1864 » Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale († 1892)
• 1865 » Winnaretta Singer, American philanthropist († 1943)
• 1866 » William G. Conley, American educator and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia († 1940)
• 1867 » Emily Greene Balch, American economist and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)