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Christening day February 6, 1870

• The temperature on February 6, 1870 was about -0.3 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
  • June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
  • July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
  • August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
  • September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
  • September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

Day of marriage February 20, 1895

• The temperature on February 20, 1895 was about 0.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
  • October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
  • October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
  • October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
  • November 27 » At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
  • December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.

Day of death March 2, 1931

• The temperature on March 2, 1931 was between -5 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
  • February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
  • March 5 » The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
  • June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
  • September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
  • October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.

Day of burial March 4, 1931

• The temperature on March 4, 1931 was between -2.4 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • March 5 » The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
  • March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
  • July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
  • July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
  • October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
  • December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1921 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
• 1930 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician (b.1867)
• 1944 » Ida Maclean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (b. 1877)