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Christening day February 5, 1860

• The temperature on February 5, 1860 was about 6.7 °C. The air pressure was 19 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
• From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
  • March 24 » Sakuradamon Incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.
  • March 28 » First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
  • May 5 » Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
  • September 21 » Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
  • December 29 » The launch of HMSWarrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.

Day of marriage August 8, 1894

• The temperature on August 8, 1894 was about 16.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
  • March 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
  • April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
  • August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
  • September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
  • November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.

Day of death April 1, 1906

• The temperature on April 1, 1906 was between 2.6 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
  • February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
  • April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
  • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
  • September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
  • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1890 » Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (b. 1825)
• 1890 » David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Charles Wells, English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)
• 1917 » Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (b. 1857)