The temperature on November 1, 1863 was about 7.0 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
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.
March 30 » Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
April 2 » American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
May 21 » American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
June 14 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
July 1 » Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
July 4 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Confederate invasion of U.S. territory.
Day of marriage May 8, 1891
The temperature on May 8, 1891 was about 17.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
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.
February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.
Day of death March 15, 1939
The temperature on March 15, 1939 was between 0.3 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
March 14 » Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.
April 14 » The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
June 12 » Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
September 30 » World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
November 30 » Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.
December 14 » Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
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