The temperature on April 2, 1871 was about 8.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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).
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.
January 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
February 17 » The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
December 26 » Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years and the score has been lost.
Day of marriage April 25, 1901
The temperature on April 25, 1901 was between 7.5 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (85%). Source: KNMI
July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
Day of death May 12, 1945
The temperature on May 12, 1945 was between 12.9 °C and 28.8 °C and averaged 21.1 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
March 7 » World War II: American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine river at Remagen.
March 9 » World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power.
March 17 » The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture.
July 26 » World War II: The USSIndianapolis arrives at Tinian with components and enriched uranium for the Little Boy nuclear bomb.
August 25 » Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.
September 8 » The division of Korea begins when United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
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