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Birthday April 30, 1865

• The temperature on April 30, 1865 was about 7.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. 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.
  • January 31 » American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
  • February 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
  • April 10 » American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
  • April 26 » Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
  • June 19 » Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
  • October 11 » Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1865 » Max Nettlau, German historian and academic († 1944)
• 1866 » Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel, American pioneer dentist († 1936)
• 1869 » Hans Poelzig, German architect, designed the IG Farben Building and Großes Schauspielhaus († 1936)
• 1870 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter († 1944)
• 1870 » Franz Lehár, Hungarian composer († 1948)