The temperature on April 16, 1869 was about 14.1 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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.
April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
August 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
Day of death August 10, 1912
The temperature on August 10, 1912 was between 7.3 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
Day of burial August 14, 1912
The temperature on August 14, 1912 was between 7.7 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.
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