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Birthday October 7, 1865

• The temperature on October 7, 1865 was about 17.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 38%. 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.
  • April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
  • 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 21 » In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
  • July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
  • December 6 » Georgia ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
  • December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1860 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician († 1936)
• 1866 » Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1942)
• 1870 » Uncle Dave Macon, American old-time country banjo player, singer-songwriter, and comedian († 1952)
• 1876 » Louis Tancred, South African cricketer († 1934)
• 1879 » Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist and poet († 1915)