Family tree Van der Nol(l), Oosterloo, van Spronsen, van der Waart e.d. » Herman Wack (1865-1932)

Birthday April 2, 1865

• The temperature on April 2, 1865 was about 3.5 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 16 » American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
  • March 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
  • 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 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.
  • November 26 » Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.
  • December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1861 » Iván Persa, Slovenian priest and author († 1935)
• 1862 » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1947)
• 1869 » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager († 1928)
• 1875 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler († 1940)
• 1875 » William Donne, English cricketer and captain († 1942)
• 1884 » J. C. Squire, English poet, author, and historian († 1958)