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Birthday April 4, 1865

• The temperature on April 4, 1865 was about 9.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
  • March 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
  • April 10 » American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
  • April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes President upon Lincoln's death.
  • June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
  • November 18 » Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1853 » Remy de Gourmont, French poet, novelist, and critic († 1915)
• 1868 » Philippa Fawcett, English mathematician and educator († 1948)
• 1869 » Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower († 1958)
• 1875 » Pierre Monteux, Sephardic Jewish French-American viola player and conductor († 1964)
• 1876 » Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter and poet († 1958)
• 1878 » Stylianos Lykoudis, Greek admiral and historian († 1958)