The temperature on February 2, 1863 was about 6.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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.
May 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by the Army of Northern Virginia.
May 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: Two divisions of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton's defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.
June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
June 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
August 15 » The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sanders: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet.
Day of marriage April 17, 1885
The temperature on April 17, 1885 was about 16.6 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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.
January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
Day of death May 4, 1928
The temperature on May 4, 1928 was between 8.8 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
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