The temperature on December 18, 1865 was about 8.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
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.
March 16 » American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
July 21 » In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
Day of marriage March 2, 1899
The temperature on March 2, 1899 was about 7.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
Day of death February 12, 1919
The temperature on February 12, 1919 was between -2.2 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 6 » The five-day Seattle General Strike begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, walk off the job.
March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
April 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
June 2 » Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.
June 4 » Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
November 11 » Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.
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