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Birthday March 14, 1865

• The temperature on March 14, 1865 was about 2.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
  • February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • March 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
  • April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
  • June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
  • July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1854 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1915)
• 1862 » Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist († 1951)
• 1863 » Casey Jones, American engineer († 1900)
• 1868 » Emily Murphy, Canadian jurist, author, and activist († 1933)
• 1869 » Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright († 1951)
• 1874 » Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips Electronics († 1951)