The temperature on May 11, 1874 was about 11.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. Source: KNMI
From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
Day of marriage April 13, 1898
The temperature on April 13, 1898 was about 5.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.
December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
Day of death November 8, 1917
The temperature on November 8, 1917 was between 1.7 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
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