The temperature on July 19, 1864 was about 14.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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.
April 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield: Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
May 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
May 21 » The Ionian Islands reunite with Greece.
October 7 » American Civil War: A US Navy ship captures a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.
October 19 » American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont.
December 15 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: The Union's Army of the Cumberland routs and destroys the Confederacy's Army of Tennessee, ending its effectiveness as a combat unit.
Day of marriage July 11, 1887
The temperature on July 11, 1887 was about 18.7 °C. The air pressure was 21 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
Day of death January 14, 1918
The temperature on January 14, 1918 was between -2.3 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 31 » A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
March 30 » Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
October 8 » World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
October 28 » First World War: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.
November 12 » Austria becomes a republic. After the proclamation, a coup attempt by the communist Red Guard is defeated by the social-democratic Volkswehr.
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