The temperature on April 13, 1865 was about 17.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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.
February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
March 4 » The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.
July 21 » In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.
Day of marriage September 9, 1885
The temperature on September 9, 1885 was about 14.4 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
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.
April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.
Day of death December 12, 1943
The temperature on December 12, 1943 was between -3.0 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
March 2 » World War II: Allied aircraft defeat a Japanese attempt to ship troops to New Guinea.
July 24 » World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes bomb the city by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
August 28 » Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next day, martial law is imposed on Denmark.
November 1 » World War II: The 3rd Marine Division, United States Marines, landing on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, secures a beachhead, leading that night to a naval clash at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.
November 20 » World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.
December 13 » World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.
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