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Birthday June 17, 1865

• The temperature on June 17, 1865 was about 10.8 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
  • April 4 » American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
  • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
  • 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.
  • July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
  • December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1861 » Pete Browning, American baseball player († 1905)
• 1863 » Charles Michael, duke of Mecklenburg († 1934)
• 1865 » Susan La Flesche Picotte, Native American physician († 1915)
• 1867 » Flora Finch, English-American actress († 1940)
• 1867 » Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author († 1922)
• 1867 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-born American educator, publisher, and humanitarian († 1948)