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.
January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
January 31 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery and submits it to the states for ratification.
April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes President upon Lincoln's death.
April 20 » Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion.
May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.
Day of marriage September 13, 1890
The temperature on September 13, 1890 was about 13.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
Day of death February 7, 1939
The temperature on February 7, 1939 was between -3.0 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
February 25 » As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 2.5 million Anderson shelters is constructed in a garden in Islington, north London.
March 2 » Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.
March 3 » In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
June 4 » The Holocaust: The MSSt. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
September 1 » Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
September 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
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