The temperature on August 29, 1862 was about 15.2 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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.
April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
May 15 » President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
August 30 » American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General William "Bull" Nelson.
November 9 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.
December 26 » Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USSRed Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
December 31 » American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Day of death August 23, 1947
The temperature on August 23, 1947 was between 12.3 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
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