The temperature on August 28, 1870 was about 13.5 °C. There was 16 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.
November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
Day of death August 10, 1872
The temperature on August 10, 1872 was about 17.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
January 12 » Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
May 22 » Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
November 5 » Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
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