The temperature on March 14, 1871 was about 10.7 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.
December 26 » Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years and the score has been lost.
Day of death February 17, 1892
The temperature on February 17, 1892 was about -8.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
February 29 » St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
April 15 » The General Electric Company is formed.
June 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
June 11 » The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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