The temperature on January 26, 1860 was about 1.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
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).
January 1 » The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
April 6 » The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois.
April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
May 3 » Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
October 18 » The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.
December 26 » The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.
Day of marriage April 23, 1898
The temperature on April 23, 1898 was about 11.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. Source: KNMI
August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
Day of death December 27, 1938
The temperature on December 27, 1938 was between -4.7 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
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