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.
January 31 » American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
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.
April 14 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln died the next day.
April 26 » Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Weather January 30, 1865
The temperature on January 30, 1865 was about -0.5 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.
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