Van der Feen/Mendels/Rowe/Hesketh Family Tree » Michel 'Hartog (Herman) - Solomon' Poons (1865-????)

Birthday July 4, 1865

• The temperature on July 4, 1865 was about 27.2 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%. 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.
  • March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
  • May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
  • June 23 » American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army.
  • July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
  • December 2 » Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks

Source: Wikipedia

• 1854 » Victor Babeș, Romanian physician and biologist († 1926)
• 1868 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic († 1921)
• 1871 » Hubert Cecil Booth, English engineer († 1955)
• 1872 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States († 1933)
• 1874 » John McPhee, Australian journalist and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania († 1952)
• 1880 » Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1975)