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.
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 3 » Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
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.
April 3 » American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
October 11 » Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
Weather April 2, 1865
The temperature on April 2, 1865 was about 3.5 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.
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