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Birthday June 2, 1865

• The temperature on June 2, 1865 was about 20.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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 4 » The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
  • 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.
  • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
  • July 30 » The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
  • July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1857 » Edward Elgar, English composer and educator († 1934)
• 1861 » Concordia Selander, Swedish actress and manager († 1935)
• 1863 » Felix Weingartner, Croatian-Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1942)
• 1865 » Adelaide Casely-Hayford, Sierra Leone Creole advocate and activist for cultural nationalism († 1960)
• 1865 » George Lohmann, English cricketer († 1901)
• 1869 » Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager († 1937)