The temperature on October 25, 1879 was about 11.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
January 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
May 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
Day of marriage January 31, 1902
The temperature on January 31, 1902 was between -1.7 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (22%). Source: KNMI
January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Day of death March 15, 1927
The temperature on March 15, 1927 was between -2.1 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
May 18 » The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
December 19 » Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.
December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
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