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Birthday July 25, 1865

• The temperature on July 25, 1865 was about 22.0 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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.
  • March 4 » The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
  • 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.
  • May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with 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.
  • July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
  • November 10 » Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1865 » Jac. P. Thijsse, Dutch botanist and conservationist († 1945)
• 1866 » Frederick Blackman, English physiologist and academic († 1947)
• 1867 » Alexander Rummler, American painter († 1959)
• 1867 » Max Dauthendey, German author and painter († 1918)
• 1869 » Platon, Estonian bishop and saint († 1919)
• 1870 » Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator († 1966)