The temperature on March 22, 1868 was about 12.3 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. Source: KNMI
From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
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).
February 2 » Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
March 1 » The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
March 8 » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
July 9 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
November 27 » American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
Day of marriage November 12, 1890
The temperature on November 12, 1890 was about 1.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
Day of death August 12, 1906
The temperature on August 12, 1906 was between 12.0 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
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