The temperature on March 5, 1870 was about 5.9 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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).
January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
Day of death March 10, 1940
The temperature on March 10, 1940 was between 2.8 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
June 10 » World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.
June 23 » Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city.
June 28 » Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum.
July 2 » The SS Arandora Star is sunk by U-47 in the North Atlantic with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians.
August 30 » The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
October 28 » Second World War: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.
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