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Day of marriage September 24, 1868

• The temperature on September 24, 1868 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• 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 year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
  • February 24 » Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
  • April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
  • April 10 » At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
  • April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
  • September 23 » Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.

Day of death August 9, 1913

• The temperature on August 9, 1913 was between 7.8 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (55%). 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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.
• In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 13 » The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.
  • May 14 » Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
  • June 1 » The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
  • August 10 » Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
  • August 16 » Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
  • November 5 » King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)