The temperature on February 19, 1862 was about 12.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
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).
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.
February 21 » American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
February 22 » Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
June 1 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
October 11 » American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
November 7 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside was assigned to command the Army of the Potomac in Antietam, Maryland. After Union General George B. McClellan refused to pursue Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia after their retreat from the Battle of Antietam.
November 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.
Day of marriage June 2, 1887
The temperature on June 2, 1887 was about 18.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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.
February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
Day of death January 24, 1900
The temperature on January 24, 1900 was about 7.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
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