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Christening day February 7, 1866

• The temperature on February 7, 1866 was about 11.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 37 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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).
• In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
  • February 16 » Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
  • April 8 » Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
  • April 10 » The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
  • June 2 » The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.
  • June 7 » One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas of Canada East.

Day of marriage April 30, 1895

• The temperature on April 30, 1895 was about 9.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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.
  • February 24 » Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
  • April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
  • April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
  • May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
  • 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.
  • December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.

Day of death May 10, 1937

• The temperature on May 10, 1937 was between 7.9 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • January 25 » The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.
  • March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
  • July 5 » Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
  • August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
  • November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
  • December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)