Family tree Weening » Grietje Bos (1865-????)

Birthday May 22, 1865

• The temperature on May 22, 1865 was about 26.5 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. 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 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
  • April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
  • April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
  • July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
  • July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
  • December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1858 » Belmiro de Almeida, Brazilian painter, illustrator, sculptor († 1935)
• 1859 » Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer († 1930)
• 1859 » Tsubouchi Shōyō, Japanese author, playwright, and educator († 1935)
• 1864 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator († 1931)
• 1868 » Augusto Pestana, Brazilian engineer and politician († 1934)
• 1874 » Daniel François Malan, South African clergyman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa († 1959)