The temperature on January 22, 1877 was about -2.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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).
In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 1 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
May 16 » The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France.
July 21 » After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.
October 5 » The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
December 10 » Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria.
Day of marriage June 21, 1900
The temperature on June 21, 1900 was about 14.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
Day of death June 29, 1937
The temperature on June 29, 1937 was between 11.7 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).
December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
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