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Day of marriage June 1, 1861

• The temperature on June 1, 1861 was about 17.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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).
• In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.
  • February 1 » American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
  • March 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
  • October 1 » Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day
  • October 9 » American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
  • November 7 » American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.

Day of death February 6, 1916

• The temperature on February 6, 1916 was between 1.3 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
  • July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
  • July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
  • September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
  • November 1 » In Russia, Pavel Milyukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the government of Boris Stürmer.
  • November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
• 1929 » Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1932 » John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1865)