The temperature on February 28, 1864 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
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 27 » American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
August 31 » During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.
September 7 » American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
September 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
October 7 » American Civil War: A US Navy ship captures a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.
December 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.
Day of death March 13, 1914
The temperature on March 13, 1914 was between 1.3 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
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