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Day of marriage December 31, 1862

• The temperature on December 31, 1862 was about 7.1 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• 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 year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • May 5 » Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
  • May 12 » American Civil War: U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  • May 15 » President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
  • September 8 » Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
  • September 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
  • December 1 » In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.

Day of death January 24, 1913

• The temperature on January 24, 1913 was between 7.0 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • January 5 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Lemnos begins; Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
  • March 18 » King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
  • August 10 » Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
  • October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
  • December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.
  • December 23 » The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)