The temperature on October 17, 1885 was about 13.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
Day of marriage February 11, 1911
The temperature on February 11, 1911 was between -3.9 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
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