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Day of marriage March 24, 1866

• The temperature on March 24, 1866 was about 11.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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).
• In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.
  • May 16 » The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
  • July 24 » Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
  • July 25 » The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to be promoted to this rank.
  • July 27 » The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
  • July 28 » At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln).

Day of death September 10, 1926

• The temperature on September 10, 1926 was between 12.7 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
  • May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
  • July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
  • August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
  • September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
  • November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1919 » J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher, founded the Archibald Prize (b. 1856)
• 1922 » Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist (b. 1840)
• 1923 » Sukumar Ray, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1887)
• 1931 » Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1869)
• 1931 » Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American gangster (b. 1886)
• 1933 » Giuseppe Campari, Italian race car driver (b. 1892)