The temperature on August 26, 1864 was about 13.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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.
March 15 » American Civil War: The Red River Campaign: U.S. Navy fleet arrives at Alexandria, Louisiana.
April 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
May 26 » Montana is organized as a United States territory.
June 15 » American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
August 31 » During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.
October 9 » American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia.
Day of marriage January 17, 1887
The temperature on January 17, 1887 was about -4.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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.
February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
Day of death March 27, 1915
The temperature on March 27, 1915 was between -4.1 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
January 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
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