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Birthday June 16, 1865

• The temperature on June 16, 1865 was about 15.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. 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.
  • January 31 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery and submits it to the states for ratification.
  • March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
  • June 23 » American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army.
  • July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
  • July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
  • December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1850 » Max Delbrück, German chemist and academic († 1919)
• 1857 » Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Austrian-Hungarian general († 1935)
• 1858 » Gustaf V of Sweden († 1950)
• 1863 » Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat († 1939)
• 1866 » Germanos Karavangelis, Greek-Austrian metropolitan († 1935)
• 1874 » Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada († 1960)