The temperature on February 3, 1873 was about 4.4 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
Day of marriage May 26, 1894
The temperature on May 26, 1894 was about 11.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. Source: KNMI
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 Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
May 21 » The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
September 15 » First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
Day of death October 6, 1899
The temperature on October 6, 1899 was about 7.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
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