The temperature on August 22, 1865 was about 12.9 °C. There was 19 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
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.
January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
March 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
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.
July 21 » In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
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