Eijsermans family tree » N.N. Smits (1865-????)

Birthday February 25, 1865

• The temperature on February 25, 1865 was about 2.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
  • 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.
  • March 16 » American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
  • April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
  • 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.
  • August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
  • December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1860 » William Ashley, English historian and academic († 1927)
• 1865 » Andranik, Armenian general († 1927)
• 1866 » Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher and politician († 1952)
• 1869 » Phoebus Levene, Russian-American biochemist and physician († 1940)
• 1873 » Enrico Caruso, Italian-American tenor; the most popular operatic tenor of the early 20th century and the first great recording star. († 1921)