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Day of marriage August 21, 1878

• The temperature on August 21, 1878 was about 18.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
  • February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
  • February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
  • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
  • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
  • July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.

Day of death December 25, 1917

• The temperature on December 25, 1917 was between -1.3 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
  • November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
  • December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
  • December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
  • December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (b. 1845)
• 1921 » Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)
• 1926 » Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879)
• 1928 » Miles Burke, American boxer (b. 1885)
• 1930 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1871)