The temperature on March 21, 1862 was about 5.8 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
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.
April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
April 7 » American Civil War: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Tennessee.
May 15 » President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
July 12 » The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
December 12 » American Civil War: USSCairo sinks on the Yazoo River.
December 13 » American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside.
Christening day April 20, 1862
The temperature on April 20, 1862 was about 11.1 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
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.
January 16 » Hartley Colliery disaster: Two hundred and four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompting a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.
June 5 » As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
June 6 » American Civil War: Battle of Memphis: Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
June 7 » The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons–Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.
July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the last of the Seven Days Battles, part of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.
September 5 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia crosses the Potomac River at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
Day of marriage March 3, 1886
The temperature on March 3, 1886 was about -1.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 26 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
January 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
Day of death February 26, 1940
The temperature on February 26, 1940 was between -1.3 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
May 10 » World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. On the same day, Germany invades France, Belgium and Luxembourg. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom occupies Iceland.
June 11 » World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids.
October 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.
November 9 » Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.
November 16 » The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
November 24 » World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
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