The temperature on January 16, 1871 was about 2.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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.
January 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.
December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of marriage May 19, 1897
The temperature on May 19, 1897 was about 14.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. Source: KNMI
May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
September 11 » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
Day of death June 16, 1952
The temperature on June 16, 1952 was between 3.7 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 26 » Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
April 8 » U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.
July 3 » The SSUnited States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMSQueen Mary.
July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
September 1 » The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
November 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.
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