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Day of marriage November 25, 1865

• The temperature on November 25, 1865 was about 12.6 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign.
  • April 10 » American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
  • May 9 » American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
  • June 23 » American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army.
  • October 11 » Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
  • November 11 » Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.

Day of death September 23, 1917

• The temperature on September 23, 1917 was between 10.0 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
  • May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
  • July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
  • October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
  • December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)
• 1913 » Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1929 » Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)