The temperature on August 10, 1864 was about 17.0 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. 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.
April 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield: Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
May 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
July 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
September 29 » The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.
October 15 » American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces.
December 8 » Pope Pius IX promulgates the encyclical Quanta cura and its appendix, the Syllabus of Errors, outlining the authority of the Catholic Church and condemning various liberal ideas.
Day of marriage June 22, 1888
The temperature on June 22, 1888 was about 20.9 °C. There was 40 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
March 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
Day of death September 27, 1936
The temperature on September 27, 1936 was between 3.8 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
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