The temperature on November 14, 1871 was about 6.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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.
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 29 » Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
April 1 » The 3rd Duke of Buckingham opened the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
October 12 » The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".
Day of marriage November 17, 1913
The temperature on November 17, 1913 was between 8.8 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
February 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
March 31 » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
May 3 » Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
May 30 » The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.
June 19 » Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
Day of death April 26, 1938
The temperature on April 26, 1938 was between 0.2 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
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