The temperature on October 13, 1873 was about 14.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.
Day of marriage January 9, 1900
The temperature on January 9, 1900 was about 7.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
Day of death March 18, 1918
The temperature on March 18, 1918 was between -0.3 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 26 » Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.
April 20 » Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
April 21 » World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
June 26 » World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
August 11 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
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