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Day of marriage September 25, 1865

• The temperature on September 25, 1865 was about 22.1 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 1865: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 2 » Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.
  • April 3 » American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
  • April 20 » Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion.
  • May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
  • May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
  • June 11 » The Naval Battle of the Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War.

Day of death December 12, 1912

• The temperature on December 12, 1912 was between 3.9 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (26%). 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 year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
  • April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
  • May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
  • August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
  • October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
  • November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1894 » John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1913 » Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1923 » Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (b. 1903)
• 1924 » Alexander Parvus, Russian-German theorist and politician (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Jean Richepin, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1849)