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Birthday February 14, 1865

• The temperature on February 14, 1865 was about -11.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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.
  • February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • March 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
  • April 3 » American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
  • 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.
  • November 26 » Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1848 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic († 1934)
• 1855 » Frank Harris, Irish author and journalist († 1931)
• 1859 » George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer, inventor of the Ferris wheel († 1896)
• 1860 » Eugen Schiffer, German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany († 1954)
• 1869 » Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
• 1878 » Julius Nieuwland, Belgian priest, chemist and academic († 1936)