The temperature on November 2, 1868 was about 7.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
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).
March 5 » Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
March 8 » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
May 29 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
September 19 » La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
Day of marriage August 16, 1894
The temperature on August 16, 1894 was about 15.2 °C. The airpressure was 75 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
May 21 » The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
November 1 » Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
Day of death September 5, 1925
The temperature on September 5, 1925 was between 7.5 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
February 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
March 21 » Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
May 14 » Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
July 21 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.
October 30 » John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.
December 11 » Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.
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