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Birthday December 5, 1865

• The temperature on December 5, 1865 was about 8.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • March 29 » American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
  • April 3 » American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
  • April 14 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln died the next day.
  • 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.
  • July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1862 » John Henry Leech, English entomologist († 1900)
• 1863 » Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France († 1933)
• 1866 » John Beresford, Irish polo player († 1944)
• 1866 » Traian Demetrescu, Romanian poet and author († 1896)
• 1867 » Antti Aarne, Finnish author and academic († 1925)
• 1867 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland († 1935)