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Day of marriage May 5, 1865

• The temperature on May 5, 1865 was about 18.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 8 » Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Slavery was outlawed in the United States, including Delaware, when the Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 6, 1865. Delaware ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on February 12, 1901, which was the ninety-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
  • March 29 » American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
  • April 3 » American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
  • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
  • May 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
  • 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.

Day of death January 13, 1895

• The temperature on January 13, 1895 was about -3.5 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 9 » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
  • March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
  • April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
  • April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
  • April 17 » The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
  • November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1882 » Wilhelm Mauser, German engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mauser Company (b. 1834)
• 1885 » Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Solomon Bundy, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian farmer and politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1859)
• 1907 » Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (b. 1839)