The temperature on October 17, 1871 was about 13.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. Source: KNMI
From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 19 » Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
April 1 » The 3rd Duke of Buckingham opened the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
Day of marriage December 19, 1896
The temperature on December 19, 1896 was about -3.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
Day of death December 15, 1954
The average temperature on December 15, 1954 was 7.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 19 » Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.
November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
December 2 » Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
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