The temperature on January 14, 1869 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
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 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.
December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
Day of marriage October 29, 1885
The temperature on October 29, 1885 was about 4.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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.
January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.
Day of death April 17, 1947
The temperature on April 17, 1947 was between 5.2 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
May 1 » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
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