The temperature on December 12, 1860 was about 3.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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).
March 28 » First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
April 6 » The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois.
May 27 » Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
September 7 » Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
October 17 » First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
December 26 » The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.
Day of marriage December 15, 1879
The temperature on December 15, 1879 was about -5.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
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.
February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
September 3 » Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13⁄2 hours before burning out).
Day of death June 27, 1924
The temperature on June 27, 1924 was between 11.1 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
June 10 » Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
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