The temperature on April 3, 1861 was about 10.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. Source: KNMI
From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
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).
January 1 » Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.
January 9 » American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.
January 10 » American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
March 3 » Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
March 17 » The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
May 6 » American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
Day of death November 2, 1940
The temperature on November 2, 1940 was between 6.6 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 16 » World War II: Altmark incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMSCossack. 299 British prisoners are freed.
May 15 » World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
May 25 » World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.
May 27 » World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
August 19 » First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
November 2 » World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.
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