The temperature on December 21, 1860 was about -2.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
February 27 » Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
March 17 » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
May 27 » Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
June 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
August 5 » Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
October 17 » First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
Day of marriage November 18, 1885
The temperature on November 18, 1885 was about -1.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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.
January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
Day of death October 4, 1944
The temperature on October 4, 1944 was between 2.3 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
April 5 » World War II: Two hundred seventy inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans.
April 26 » Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
August 12 » Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
October 18 » World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.
October 21 » World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against the German civilians takes place.
November 16 » World War II: Düren, Germany, is destroyed by Allied bombers.
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