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Day of marriage July 23, 1862

• The temperature on July 23, 1862 was about 13.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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).
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 16 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
  • June 1 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
  • June 5 » As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
  • June 19 » The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
  • September 17 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history.
  • October 11 » American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Day of death April 9, 1917

• The temperature on April 9, 1917 was between 0.6 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
  • April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
  • May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
  • June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
  • October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
  • December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Raymond Whittindale, English rugby player (b. 1883)
• 1917 » James Hope Moulton, English philologist and scholar (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Hans Fruhstorfer, German entomologist and explorer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1855)