The temperature on September 3, 1864 was about 13.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
May 22 » American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.
September 18 » American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.
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 15 » American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces.
November 30 » American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee suffers heavy losses in an attack on the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Franklin.
Day of marriage June 27, 1888
The temperature on June 27, 1888 was about 17.5 °C. There was 17 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.
Day of death April 6, 1934
The temperature on April 6, 1934 was between -1.3 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
May 19 » Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
September 26 » The ocean liner RMSQueen Mary is launched.
November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
November 30 » The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100mph.
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