The temperature on July 21, 1868 was about 28.3 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. 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).
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).
February 24 » Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
November 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
November 27 » American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
December 10 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
Day of death February 28, 1871
There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 32 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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).
In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
October 24 » An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.
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