The temperature on January 4, 1865 was about 2.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 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.
February 20 » End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance.
March 4 » The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
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.
December 2 » Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks
Day of marriage May 5, 1888
The temperature on May 5, 1888 was about 14.7 °C. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
Day of death January 12, 1952
The temperature on January 12, 1952 was between 1.0 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
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