The temperature on November 12, 1870 was about 4.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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).
January 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
Day of death November 2, 1876
The temperature on November 2, 1876 was about 10.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
November 25 » American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.
December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
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