The temperature on November 15, 1871 was about 4.2 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 19 » Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
January 28 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of marriage November 28, 1895
The temperature on November 28, 1895 was about 2.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
February 24 » Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
June 28 » The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis’s claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent."
October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
Day of death September 9, 1949
The temperature on September 9, 1949 was between 11.3 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
April 1 » Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
August 31 » The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
December 7 » Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.
December 10 » Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.
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