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Day of marriage February 25, 1864

• The temperature on February 25, 1864 was about 2.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 1864: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 15 » American Civil War: The Red River Campaign: U.S. Navy fleet arrives at Alexandria, Louisiana.
  • July 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
  • October 15 » American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces.
  • October 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.
  • November 29 » American Indian Wars: Sand Creek massacre: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
  • December 8 » Pope Pius IX promulgates the encyclical Quanta cura and its appendix, the Syllabus of Errors, outlining the authority of the Catholic Church and condemning various liberal ideas.

Day of death May 17, 1918

• The temperature on May 17, 1918 was between 12.0 °C and 27.8 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 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.
• In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • March 21 » World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
  • May 14 » Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
  • May 26 » The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
  • June 26 » World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
  • August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
  • August 17 » Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.

Day of burial May 20, 1918

• The temperature on May 20, 1918 was between 8.9 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 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.
• In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
  • February 5 » Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
  • May 14 » Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
  • July 4 » Mehmed V died at the age of 73 and Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
  • July 12 » The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
  • August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862)
• 1917 » Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
• 1917 » Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880)
• 1919 » Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1882)