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Day of marriage August 17, 1864

• The temperature on August 17, 1864 was about 12.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 11 » The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
  • June 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.
  • July 29 » American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
  • August 10 » After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War.
  • 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.

Day of death December 2, 1875

• The temperature on December 2, 1875 was about -5.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
  • March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
  • May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
  • 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.
  • October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1859 » John Brown, American abolitionist (b. 1800)
• 1881 » Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814)
• 1885 » Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)
• 1888 » Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)