The temperature on March 21, 1862 was about 5.8 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
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.
January 19 » American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
August 6 » American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSSArkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
September 8 » Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
September 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
Day of marriage May 16, 1896
The temperature on May 16, 1896 was about 9.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
Day of death April 1, 1927
The temperature on April 1, 1927 was between 2.6 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 7 » The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
July 15 » Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
December 8 » The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
December 17 » Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.
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