The temperature on December 15, 1880 was about 9.1 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
Day of death July 6, 1949
The temperature on July 6, 1949 was between 11.1 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
February 19 » Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
April 1 » Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
November 3 » Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.
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