The temperature on November 14, 1864 was about 9.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. Source: KNMI
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.
February 1 » Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
May 26 » Montana is organized as a United States territory.
June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads: Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
July 29 » American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
October 28 » American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital is repulsed.
November 11 » American Civil War: General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta to the ground in preparation for his march to the sea.
Day of marriage March 3, 1892
The temperature on March 3, 1892 was about -3.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
March 18 » Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
July 6 » Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.
December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.
December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.
Day of death June 11, 1935
The temperature on June 11, 1935 was between 10.9 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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