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Day of marriage May 18, 1862

• The temperature on May 18, 1862 was about 17.0 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• 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 year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 6 » American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
  • April 29 » American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.
  • August 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
  • September 15 » American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day Harpers Ferry, West Virginia).
  • November 7 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside was assigned to command the Army of the Potomac in Antietam, Maryland. After Union General George B. McClellan refused to pursue Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia after their retreat from the Battle of Antietam.
  • December 31 » American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Day of death September 27, 1912

• The temperature on September 27, 1912 was between 1.3 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The Republic of China is established.
  • January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
  • March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
  • April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
  • September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
  • November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Thomas Joseph Byrnes, Australian politician, 12th Premier of Queensland (b. 1860)
• 1911 » Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Remy de Gourmont, French novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1858)
• 1917 » Edgar Degas, French painter and sculptor (b. 1834)
• 1919 » Adelina Patti, Italian-French opera singer (b. 1843)
• 1921 » Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer and educator (b. 1854)