From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
January 1 » Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.
March 19 » The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
August 19 » First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
October 24 » The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
November 8 » American Civil War: The "Trent Affair": The USSSan Jacinto stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.
Day of marriage June 4, 1904
The temperature on June 4, 1904 was between 8.4 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
Day of death October 15, 1939
The temperature on October 15, 1939 was between 9.3 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
June 12 » The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
September 3 » World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
September 6 » World War II: Britain suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire.
September 22 » World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
November 26 » Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
December 13 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMSExeter, HMSAjax and HMSAchilles.
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