The temperature on May 31, 1869 was about 12.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. Source: KNMI
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).
May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.
November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched
Day of marriage November 16, 1894
The temperature on November 16, 1894 was about 5.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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.
January 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
September 15 » First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
Day of death November 29, 1899
The temperature on November 29, 1899 was about 5.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
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