The temperature on July 31, 1871 was about 19.0 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 18 » Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
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 marriage November 14, 1900
The temperature on November 14, 1900 was about 8.1 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 99%. Source: KNMI
January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
January 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
Day of death December 20, 1915
The temperature on December 20, 1915 was between -1.4 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
July 1 » Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker.
December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.
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