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Day of marriage March 12, 1884

• The temperature on March 12, 1884 was about 4.8 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
  • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
  • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
  • October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
  • October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
  • November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.

Day of death March 14, 1907

• The temperature on March 14, 1907 was between 0.2 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
  • November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
  • November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
  • December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
  • December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1860 » Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (b. 1802)
• 1877 » Juan Manuel de Rosas, Argentinian general and politician, 17th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1793)
• 1883 » Karl Marx, German philosopher and theorist (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Quintino Sella, Italian economist and politician, Italian Minister of Finances (b. 1827)
• 1932 » George Eastman, American inventor and businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (b. 1854)
• 1953 » Klement Gottwald, Czechoslovak Communist politician and 14th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1896)