The temperature on November 20, 1879 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
July 4 » Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
Day of marriage April 27, 1906
The temperature on April 27, 1906 was between -0.6 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
Day of death November 6, 1914
The temperature on November 6, 1914 was between 2.7 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
October 18 » The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.
November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
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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