The temperature on December 16, 1865 was about 7.0 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
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.
January 31 » American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
April 10 » American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
April 20 » Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion.
May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
Day of marriage July 5, 1894
The temperature on July 5, 1894 was about 19.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.
Day of death May 29, 1939
The temperature on May 29, 1939 was between 6.7 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
September 6 » World War II: Britain suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire.
September 9 » Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
September 17 » World War II: German submarineU-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSCourageous.
September 21 » Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard.
September 22 » World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
October 6 » World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
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