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Birthday April 10, 1865

• The temperature on April 10, 1865 was about 17.8 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 3 » Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
  • March 16 » American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
  • 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.
  • April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign.
  • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
  • December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1864 » Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer († 1932)
• 1865 » Jack Miner, American-Canadian farmer, hunter, and environmentalist († 1944)
• 1867 » George William Russell, Irish author, poet, and painter († 1935)
• 1868 » Asriel Günzig, Moravian rabbi († 1931)
• 1868 » George Arliss, English actor and playwright († 1946)
• 1873 » Kyösti Kallio, Finnish farmer, banker, and politician, 4th President of Finland († 1940)