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Birthday April 4, 1866

• The temperature on April 4, 1866 was about 10.0 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
• From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
  • March 27 » President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
  • May 1 » The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • July 28 » At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln).
  • October 19 » In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna, Austria cedes Veneto and Mantua to France, which immediately awards them to Italy in exchange for the earlier Italian acquiescence to the French annexation of Savoy and Nice.
  • December 12 » Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1853 » Remy de Gourmont, French poet, novelist, and critic († 1915)
• 1868 » Philippa Fawcett, English mathematician and educator († 1948)
• 1869 » Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower († 1958)
• 1875 » Pierre Monteux, Sephardic Jewish French-American viola player and conductor († 1964)
• 1876 » Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter and poet († 1958)
• 1878 » Stylianos Lykoudis, Greek admiral and historian († 1958)