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Day of marriage July 17, 1872

• The temperature on July 17, 1872 was about 18.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. 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 January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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).
• In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
  • February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
  • May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
  • November 30 » The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
  • December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
  • December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

Day of death September 21, 1888

• The temperature on September 21, 1888 was about 12.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
  • May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
  • June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
  • August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
  • August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
  • October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1874 » Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer (b. 1798)
• 1880 » Manuel Montt, Chilean scholar and politician, 6th President of Chile (b. 1809)
• 1887 » Wazid Ali Shah, last Nawab of Awadh (b. 1822)
• 1904 » Chief Joseph, American tribal leader (b. 1840)
• 1905 » Nikolay Benardos, Ukrainian inventor (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (b. 1838)