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Birthday January 2, 1865

• The temperature on January 2, 1865 was about -6.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 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.
  • April 14 » U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
  • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
  • December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.
  • December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1857 » M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist († 1935)
• 1860 » Dugald Campbell Patterson, Canadian engineer († 1931)
• 1860 » William Corless Mills, American historian and curator († 1928)
• 1866 » Gilbert Murray, Australian-English playwright and scholar († 1957)
• 1870 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright († 1938)
• 1870 » Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and businessman († 1929)