The temperature on August 21, 1875 was about 21.4 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
Day of marriage May 13, 1917
The temperature on May 13, 1917 was between 14.3 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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