The temperature on April 17, 1871 was about 7.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
January 18 » Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
April 30 » The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
Day of death August 5, 1915
The temperature on August 5, 1915 was between 8.5 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
July 7 » The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.
July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
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