The temperature on February 23, 1875 was about 1.2 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. Source: KNMI
From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
Day of marriage June 28, 1899
The temperature on June 28, 1899 was about 21.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. Source: KNMI
January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
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