The temperature on March 2, 1866 was about 5.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. Source: KNMI
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 Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
January 18 » Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.
May 1 » The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
July 25 » The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to be promoted to this rank.
August 23 » Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
October 19 » In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna, Austria cedes Veneto and Mantua to France, which immediately awards them to Italy in exchange for the earlier Italian acquiescence to the French annexation of Savoy and Nice.
October 22 » A plebiscite ratifies the annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, which had occurred three days before, on October 19.
Day of marriage June 20, 1896
The temperature on June 20, 1896 was about 21.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. Source: KNMI
March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
Day of death November 5, 1927
The temperature on November 5, 1927 was between 7.7 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
August 19 » Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
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