The temperature on August 27, 1875 was about 22.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. Source: KNMI
From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
February 25 » Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
Day of marriage July 23, 1900
The temperature on July 23, 1900 was about 18.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
Day of death August 19, 1923
The temperature on August 19, 1923 was between 12.0 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
April 15 » Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
April 26 » The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
July 24 » The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
September 1 » The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
October 15 » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
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