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Day of marriage October 27, 1864

• The temperature on October 27, 1864 was about 11.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
  • May 21 » Russia declares an end to the Russo-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated the Circassian Day of Mourning.
  • May 22 » American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.
  • June 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
  • June 27 » American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
  • July 29 » American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
  • October 2 » American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners (most of them are from a Black cavalry unit) ensues.

Day of death February 11, 1923

• The temperature on February 11, 1923 was between 5.1 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • June 18 » Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
  • August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
  • September 1 » The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
  • September 29 » The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
  • November 8 » Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
  • December 21 » United Kingdom and Nepal formally signed an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1917 » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1872)
• 1918 » Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
• 1940 » Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (b. 1855)
• 1940 » John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)