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Day of marriage May 23, 1862

• The temperature on May 23, 1862 was about 11.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 5 » Moldavia and Wallachia formally unite to create the Romanian United Principalities.
  • June 19 » The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
  • July 15 » The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. The encounter changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi and helped to reverse Rebel fortunes on the river in the summer of 1862.
  • July 23 » American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
  • August 6 » American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSSArkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  • December 26 » The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, where 38 Native Americans died.

Day of death July 15, 1894

• The temperature on July 15, 1894 was about 18.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
  • May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
  • June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
  • July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
  • November 1 » Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
  • November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (b. 1838)
• 1885 » Rosalía de Castro, Spanish author and poet (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Gottfried Keller, Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1819)
• 1898 » Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop († 1825)
• 1904 » Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (b. 1860)
• 1919 » Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)