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Birthday February 26, 1865

• The temperature on February 26, 1865 was about -0.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
  • April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
  • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
  • June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
  • July 30 » The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
  • November 18 » Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1857 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist († 1926)
• 1861 » Ferdinand I of Bulgaria († 1948)
• 1861 » Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian soldier and politician († 1939)
• 1866 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company († 1930)
• 1877 » Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia († 1959)
• 1877 » Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator († 1968)