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Birthday July 24, 1865

• The temperature on July 24, 1865 was about 20.6 °C. There was 25 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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.
  • April 9 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
  • April 20 » Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion.
  • April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
  • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
  • May 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1860 » Princess Charlotte of Prussia († 1919)
• 1864 » Frank Wedekind, German actor and playwright († 1918)
• 1867 » E. F. Benson, English archaeologist and author († 1940)
• 1867 » Fred Tate, English cricketer and coach († 1943)
• 1867 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet († 1908)