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.
March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
March 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
May 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
November 10 » Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.
November 11 » Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
Day of death April 28, 1940
The temperature on April 28, 1940 was between 8.9 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
March 3 » Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden.
May 14 » World War II: Rotterdam, Netherlands is bombed by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany despite a ceasefire, killing about 900 people and destroying the historic city center.
June 22 » World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918.
September 7 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
October 16 » Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.
November 16 » The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
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