The temperature on February 10, 1883 was about 7.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
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.
February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.
Day of death March 23, 1914
The temperature on March 23, 1914 was between 0.8 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.
December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
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