February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
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.
July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.
Day of marriage March 7, 1923
The temperature on March 7, 1923 was between 3.8 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
January 11 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
October 6 » The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
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