The temperature on April 29, 1871 was about 12.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
June 16 » The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
December 26 » Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years and the score has been lost.
Day of marriage February 12, 1909
The temperature on February 12, 1909 was between -10.2 °C and -2.5 °C and averaged -6.4 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
Day of death August 4, 1943
The temperature on August 4, 1943 was between 12.5 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 15 » The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
April 7 » Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation.
April 7 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches.
April 8 » Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin for their anti-Nazi activities.
July 23 » The Rayleigh bath chair murder occurred in Rayleigh, Essex, England.
July 28 » World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
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