From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
August 8 » The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
Weather August 15, 1870
The temperature on August 15, 1870 was about 22.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.
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