The temperature on January 11, 1868 was about -5.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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).
January 27 » Boshin War: The Battle of Toba–Fushimi begins, between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions; it will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration.
April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
November 3 » John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.
Day of marriage December 29, 1888
The temperature on December 29, 1888 was about 3.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.
Day of death June 10, 1955
The temperature on June 10, 1955 was between 4.4 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
February 8 » The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000km) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
April 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
July 17 » Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
August 19 » In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
October 29 » The Soviet battleshipNovorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.
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