The temperature on July 21, 1870 was about 17.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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).
January 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
Day of marriage May 12, 1900
The temperature on May 12, 1900 was about 7.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
Day of death March 24, 1944
The temperature on March 24, 1944 was between 2.5 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
January 29 » In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is completely destroyed in an air-raid, during the Second World War.
March 4 » World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
August 29 » World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
September 13 » World War II: Start of the Battle of Meligalas between the Greek Resistance forces of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the collaborationist security battalions.
October 11 » The Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union.
October 15 » World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after it announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.
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