From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
November 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
Day of marriage February 15, 1905
The temperature on February 15, 1905 was between 2.9 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
November 21 » Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E=mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.
Day of death April 5, 1937
The temperature on April 5, 1937 was between 3.9 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
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.
June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
July 5 » Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
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