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 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
Day of marriage October 12, 1912
The temperature on October 12, 1912 was between -3.1 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
Day of death January 9, 1962
The temperature on January 9, 1962 was between 2.4 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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