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Day of marriage October 7, 1864

• The temperature on October 7, 1864 was about 12.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • May 29 » Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
  • June 12 » American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
  • June 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.
  • October 15 » American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces.
  • December 4 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta.
  • December 10 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.

Day of death May 28, 1917

• The temperature on May 28, 1917 was between 11.6 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
  • April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
  • May 21 » The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
  • June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
  • October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
  • November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Ivan Franko, Ukrainian economist, journalist, and poet (b. 1856)
• 1927 » Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish ophthalmologist and psychologist (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1858)
• 1947 » August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (b. 1907)