Also born on November 6th
- Adolphe Sax, Belgian inventor of the saxophone (1814)
- John Philip Sousa, American composer and conductor (1854)
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Events in year of birth (1865)
- January 31st * Congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America.
- April 9th * The American Civil War ends with the surrender of the Confederate forces.
- April 13th * Sherman's march through Georgia begins Southerners start promising that the South will rise again.
- April 14th * John Wiles Booth murders president Lincoln "But apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?".
- April 15th * The American president Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while watching a play.
- July 2nd * William Booth forms the Salvation Army.
- December 18th * Slavery abolished throughout America.
| Monarch in year of birth (1865) King Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 monarch of The Netherlands (also 'Koninkrijk der Nederlanden').
The number of residents (in 1870) added up to 3.6 million. Cabinet in year of birth (1865)From Saterday, February 1th, 1862 till Saterday, February 10th, 1866 there was the cabinet 'Thorbecke II', with prime minister(s) Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal). |