The temperature on March 8, 1879 was about 10.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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.
May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
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.
August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
Day of marriage February 8, 1906
The temperature on February 8, 1906 was between -1.6 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).
Day of death November 17, 1920
The temperature on November 17, 1920 was between 1.0 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 2 » The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
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