The temperature on May 1, 1863 was about 10.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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.
January 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
January 26 » American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
February 17 » A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
May 21 » American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
September 6 » American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
September 9 » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Day of death April 8, 1914
The temperature on April 8, 1914 was between 4.6 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.
November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
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