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Day of marriage July 22, 1865

• The temperature on July 22, 1865 was about 21.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 29 » American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
  • 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.
  • May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
  • June 19 » Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
  • June 23 » American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army.
  • July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.

Day of death December 17, 1912

• The temperature on December 17, 1912 was between 0.8 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
  • October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
  • October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
  • December 3 » Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)
  • December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
  • December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after ​3⁄₂ years in Sing Sing prison.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)