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 16 » American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
December 2 » Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks
December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.
Day of marriage March 4, 1886
The temperature on March 4, 1886 was about 1.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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.
May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.
November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
Day of death October 16, 1941
The temperature on October 16, 1941 was between 6.2 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
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