The temperature on May 30, 1861 was about 18.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
January 19 » American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
February 1 » American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
February 13 » Italian unification: The Siege of Gaeta ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
March 19 » The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
August 19 » First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
December 4 » The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.
Day of marriage April 23, 1890
The temperature on April 23, 1890 was about 12.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
Day of death June 12, 1917
The temperature on June 12, 1917 was between 14.2 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.
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