The temperature on February 23, 1871 was about 4.4 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
February 17 » The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
March 26 » The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
April 1 » The 3rd Duke of Buckingham opened the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
Day of marriage May 11, 1898
The temperature on May 11, 1898 was about 11.3 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
Day of death February 1, 1953
The temperature on February 1, 1953 was between 2.7 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 16.8 mm of rain during 21.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 7 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 3 » The Batepá massacre occurred in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros.
February 11 » Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
September 13 » Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
October 29 » BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.
October 30 » President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.
December 10 » British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in literature.
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