The temperature on November 21, 1861 was about 7.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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).
March 19 » The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
April 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
August 6 » Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
November 1 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
Day of marriage October 6, 1883
The temperature on October 6, 1883 was about 11.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%. Source: KNMI
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.
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.
March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
Day of death July 15, 1940
The temperature on July 15, 1940 was between 9.1 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 24.1 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
April 25 » Merkið, the flag of the Faroe Islands is approved by the British occupation government.
May 7 » World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
May 28 » World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
June 17 » The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
August 6 » Estonia is illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
November 23 » World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
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