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Day of marriage November 24, 1883

• The temperature on November 24, 1883 was about 6.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
  • June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
  • October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
  • October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
  • October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
  • November 30 » The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom]].

Day of death July 5, 1913

• The temperature on July 5, 1913 was between 10.2 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
  • May 3 » Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
  • May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
  • June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
  • June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1927 » Albrecht Kossel, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1929 » Henry Johnson, American sergeant (b. 1897)
• 1932 » Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (b. 1880)
• 1935 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (b. 1870)