The temperature on December 8, 1870 was about -0.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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).
May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.
Day of marriage October 8, 1896
The temperature on October 8, 1896 was about 14.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
December 30 » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
Day of death May 27, 1898
The temperature on May 27, 1898 was about 11.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. Source: KNMI
January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
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