The temperature on May 7, 1883 was about 20.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 32%. 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.
January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
December 21 » The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.
Day of death June 20, 1883
The temperature on June 20, 1883 was about 14.4 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
September 8 » The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.
December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.
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