The temperature on October 13, 1862 was about 12.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
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.
February 5 » Moldavia and Wallachia formally unite to create the Romanian United Principalities.
April 16 » American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
April 20 » Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation.
September 2 » American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
September 5 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia crosses the Potomac River at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
September 22 » A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln.
Day of death March 1, 1936
The temperature on March 1, 1936 was between -0.1 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
May 28 » Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
August 3 » A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
December 11 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
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