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Birthday July 15, 1865

• The temperature on July 15, 1865 was about 23.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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.
  • March 3 » Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
  • March 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
  • 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.
  • May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
  • June 23 » American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army.
  • July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1858 » Emmeline Pankhurst, English political activist and suffragist († 1928)
• 1864 » Marie Tempest, English actress and singer († 1942)
• 1865 » Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, Anglo-Irish businessman and publisher, founded the Amalgamated Press († 1922)
• 1865 » Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist († 1945)
• 1867 » Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer († 1936)
• 1871 » Doppo Kunikida, Japanese journalist, author, and poet († 1908)