The temperature on December 31, 1865 was about 6.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
January 31 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery and submits it to the states for ratification.
May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.
July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
November 11 » Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
November 18 » Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press.
Day of marriage April 13, 1896
The temperature on April 13, 1896 was about 6.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
Day of death June 26, 1905
The temperature on June 26, 1905 was between 13.2 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
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