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Day of marriage February 7, 1885

• The temperature on February 7, 1885 was about 8.2 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
  • February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
  • March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
  • June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
  • November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
  • December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

Day of death March 7, 1907

• The temperature on March 7, 1907 was between -1.6 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
  • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
  • July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
  • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
  • December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Harriet Ann Jacobs, African American Abolitionist and author (b. 1813)
• 1904 » Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist and petrologist (b. 1828)
• 1913 » Pauline Johnson, Canadian poet and author (b. 1861)
• 1920 » Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1866)
• 1928 » Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (b. 1851)
• 1932 » Aristide Briand, French journalist and politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)