The temperature on August 6, 1868 was about 20.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
January 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
February 24 » Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
November 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.
December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.
Day of death November 27, 1921
The temperature on November 27, 1921 was between -10.0 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 20 » The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
February 12 » Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
March 21 » The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism.
August 28 » The Red Army dissolved the Free Territory, after driving the Black Army out of Ukraine.
September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
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