The temperature on April 29, 1879 was about 9.0 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
January 22 » The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
January 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
Day of marriage March 12, 1904
The temperature on March 12, 1904 was between -1.9 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
Day of death December 31, 1918
The temperature on December 31, 1918 was between 0.6 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
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