The temperature on September 10, 1865 was about 22.3 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
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 2 » Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.
March 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
April 14 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln died the next day.
May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
May 9 » American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
Day of marriage April 13, 1889
The temperature on April 13, 1889 was about 4.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
Day of death February 16, 1949
The temperature on February 16, 1949 was between 4.1 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
February 15 » Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
June 14 » Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134km (83mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
August 22 » The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
October 25 » The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.
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