The temperature on April 21, 1870 was about 25.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 32%. 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).
February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
Day of marriage May 16, 1891
The temperature on May 16, 1891 was about 11.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. Source: KNMI
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.
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.
January 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
January 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.
Day of death April 29, 1930
The temperature on April 29, 1930 was between 8.1 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 30 » The Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the extermination of the Kulaks.
March 12 » Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.
April 28 » The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
June 21 » One-year conscription comes into force in France.
August 7 » The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
November 3 » Getúlio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
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