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Birthday June 7, 1865

• The temperature on June 7, 1865 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
  • February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • April 9 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
  • April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
  • April 26 » Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
  • July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1863 » Bones Ely, American baseball player and manager († 1952)
• 1868 » Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish painter and architect († 1928)
• 1877 » Roelof Klein, Dutch-American rower and engineer († 1960)