The temperature on August 18, 1890 was about 20.1 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
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