The temperature on August 18, 1861 was about 22.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. Source: KNMI
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).
From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
February 1 » American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
February 9 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
March 17 » The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
March 20 » An earthquake destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
October 1 » Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day
Day of marriage September 9, 1884
The temperature on September 9, 1884 was about 12.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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.
February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
Day of death November 10, 1930
The temperature on November 10, 1930 was between 6.3 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
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