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February 27, 1865 
February 25, 1865
Born on Sunday February 26, 1865
- Andreas Albertus Mulder, Rotterdam († 1931)
- Aaltje de Weerd, Hoogersmilde (gem. Midden-Drenthe)
- Aleta Sophia Helena Jeane van Swieten, Batavia († 1872)
- Abraham van Geest, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 1868)
- Hodes, Rijssen († 1865)
- Abraham van Geest, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1868)
- Piso, Lollum, Friesland, Nederland († 1865)
- Adriana Cornelia de BEER, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1923)
- Adrianus Meijers, Loenen, Nederland
- Albertus Adrianus Bikken, Barwoutswaarder,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1939)
Died on Sunday February 26, 1865
- Catharina Alberdina Sophia Hackstroh (66), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
- Barelt Derks KLAMER (76), Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
- Aaltjen Brus (1), Breedenbroek, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Charles Auguste Louis Joseph de Flahaut de la Billardie (53), Parijs
- Anna Korevaar (47), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Berendina Wessels (65), Lochem
- Adrianus Gersen (50), Gouda
- Anna Hermina Santman (62), Hardenberg
- Maria Catharina Arnouts (71), Nieuw-Vossemeer
- Anna Korevaar (47), Leiden (Zuid-Holland)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 26, 1865 at Delpher
Born on February 26
- 1852 » John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, co-created Corn flakes († 1943)
- 1857 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist († 1926)
- 1861 » Ferdinand I of Bulgaria († 1948)
- 1861 » Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian soldier and politician († 1939)
- 1866 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company († 1930)
- 1877 » Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia († 1959)
- 1877 » Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator († 1968)
- 1879 » Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer († 1941)
- 1880 » Kenneth Edgeworth, Irish astronomer († 1972)
- 1881 » Janus Djurhuus, Faroese poet († 1948)
Died on February 26
- 1813 » Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (b. 1746)
- 1815 » Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1737)
- 1821 » Joseph de Maistre, French lawyer and diplomat (b. 1753)
- 1864 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)
- 1883 » Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)
- 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (b. 1865)
- 1889 » Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)
- 1903 » Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818)
- 1906 » Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)
- 1913 » Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (b. 1835)
Names that were popular for boys in 1865
- Jan
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Dirk
- Adrianus
- Arie
- Klaas
- Gerardus
- Albert
Names that were popular for girls in 1865
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Wilhelmina
- Aaltje
- Grietje
- Neeltje
- Antje
- Trijntje
- Petronella
- Elizabeth
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1865
- 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.
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 31 » American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
- February 20 » End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance.
- 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 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.
- December 6 » Georgia ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Weather February 26, 1865
The temperature on February 26, 1865 was about -0.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.