The temperature on December 31, 1867 was about -2.6 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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).
March 29 » Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
May 3 » The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
July 17 » Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
October 21 » The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma.
November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
Day of marriage May 23, 1891
The temperature on May 23, 1891 was about 10.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
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.
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.
April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
October 28 » The Mino–Owari earthquake is the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history.
December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.
Day of death February 9, 1940
The temperature on February 9, 1940 was between -7.6 °C and -1.8 °C and averaged -3.7 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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