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Birthday April 8, 1865

• The temperature on April 8, 1865 was about 12.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 2 » Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.
  • January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
  • 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.
  • May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
  • 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

• 1859 » Edmund Husserl, German Jewish-Austrian mathematician and philosopher († 1938)
• 1864 » Carlos Deltour, French rower and rugby player († 1920)
• 1867 » Allen Butler Talcott, American painter and educator († 1908)
• 1869 » Harvey Cushing, American surgeon and academic († 1939)
• 1871 » Clarence Hudson White, American photographer and educator († 1925)
• 1874 » Manuel Díaz, Cuban fencer († 1929)