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Day of marriage May 14, 1892

• The temperature on May 14, 1892 was about 14.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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 year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
  • July 6 » Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
  • July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
  • July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
  • October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
  • December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Day of death December 24, 1913

• The temperature on December 24, 1913 was between -0.3 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • January 5 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Lemnos begins; Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
  • February 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
  • March 31 » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
  • June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • October 31 » Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
  • December 17 » A spur of the Shaker Heights streetcar line opens, the first line of the eventual Cleveland RTA Rapid Transit system.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese priest and saint (b. 1828)
• 1914 » John Muir, Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (b. 1838)
• 1920 » Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1832)
• 1926 » Wesley Coe, American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (b. 1879)
• 1931 » Carlo Fornasini, micropalaeontologist (b. 1854)
• 1931 » Flying Hawk, American warrior, educator and historian (b. 1854)