Family tree Drenckhahn/Gombault » Aleida Wolters (Aleida Wolters ) Oord (1865-????)

Birthday February 7, 1865

• The temperature on February 7, 1865 was about -4.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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.
  • April 4 » American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
  • April 12 » American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
  • May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.
  • May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
  • July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
  • July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1864 » Arthur Collins, American baritone singer († 1933)
• 1867 » Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author († 1957)
• 1870 » Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish psychologist and therapist († 1937)
• 1871 » Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish pianist, composer, and conductor († 1927)
• 1873 » Thomas Andrews, Irish shipbuilder and businessman, designed the RMS Titanic († 1912)
• 1877 » G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and geneticist († 1947)