The temperature on November 23, 1874 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
February 21 » The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
July 14 » The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
December 29 » The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.
Day of marriage January 13, 1910
The temperature on January 13, 1910 was between -0.9 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
August 29 » The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
September 22 » The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
October 15 » Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
October 20 » The hull of the RMSOlympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
November 23 » Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.
Day of death July 16, 1918
The temperature on July 16, 1918 was between 15.5 °C and 27.1 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 25.9 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 24 » Estonian Declaration of Independence.
May 29 » Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
July 12 » The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
July 17 » The RMSCarpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SMU-55; five lives are lost.
October 10 » RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.
December 14 » Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne.
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