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Birthday November 10, 1865

• The temperature on November 10, 1865 was about 6.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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.
  • February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • February 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
  • March 3 » Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
  • March 4 » The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
  • July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
  • December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

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• 1858 » Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line († 1928)
• 1868 » Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Shotokan († 1957)
• 1869 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American assassin of Umberto I of Italy († 1901)
• 1871 » Winston Churchill, American author and painter († 1947)
• 1873 » Henri Rabaud, French conductor and composer († 1949)
• 1874 » Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter († 1954)