The temperature on July 31, 1860 was about 16.2 °C. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. Source: KNMI
From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
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).
March 5 » Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
May 18 » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
June 23 » The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
August 5 » Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
October 18 » The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.
December 26 » The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.
Day of marriage October 20, 1888
The temperature on October 20, 1888 was about 8.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
March 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
Day of death January 17, 1944
The temperature on January 17, 1944 was between -0.5 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
February 22 » World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
March 3 » The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
April 22 » World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station.
August 16 » First flight of a jet with forward-swept wings, the Junkers Ju 287.
September 18 » World War II:Battle of Arracourt begins
December 22 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at Bastogne, Belgium, prompting the famous one word reply by General Anthony McAuliffe: "Nuts!"
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