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Birthday November 15, 1865

• The temperature on November 15, 1865 was about 3.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 3 » Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
  • April 3 » American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
  • April 26 » American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina. Also the date of Confederate Memorial Day for two states.
  • May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
  • May 9 » American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
  • May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1859 » Christopher Hornsrud, Norwegian businessman and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Norway († 1960)
• 1862 » Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1946)
• 1865 » John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania († 1932)
• 1867 » Emil Krebs, German polyglot († 1930)
• 1868 » Emil Racoviță, Romanian biologist, zoologist, and explorer († 1947)
• 1873 » Sara Josephine Baker, American physician and academic († 1945)