The temperature on April 4, 1861 was about 7.6 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
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).
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).
January 9 » Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
January 10 » American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
March 3 » Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
April 19 » American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
April 27 » American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
August 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
Day of death December 8, 1943
The temperature on December 8, 1943 was between 0.5 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
May 15 » Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
July 1 » The City of Tokyo and the Prefecture of Tokyo are both replaced by the Tokyo Metropolis.
July 12 » German and Soviet forces engage in one of the largest armored engagements of all time.
September 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
October 21 » World War II: The Provisional Government of Free India is formally established in Japanese-occupied Singapore.
November 20 » World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.
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