The temperature on May 31, 1865 was about 17.0 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
April 3 » American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
April 9 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
Day of marriage August 29, 1887
The temperature on August 29, 1887 was about 18.3 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
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.
April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
Day of death May 31, 1908
The temperature on May 31, 1908 was between 11.9 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.
December 28 » The 7.1 Mw Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.
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