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Day of marriage July 7, 1866

• The temperature on July 7, 1866 was about 11.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
• From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
  • June 24 » Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
  • July 24 » Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
  • July 28 » At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln).
  • July 30 » Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans, killing 48 people and injuring another 100.
  • August 23 » Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.

Day of death January 20, 1905

• The temperature on January 20, 1905 was between -4.4 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
  • January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
  • April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • August 20 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.
  • September 8 » The 7.2 M_w  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
  • December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » John Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)
• 1907 » Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)
• 1908 » John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)
• 1913 » José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1915 » Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840)