The temperature on February 21, 1861 was about 11.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 9 » Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
January 10 » American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
January 21 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
February 18 » In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
February 18 » With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
August 19 » First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
Day of marriage May 16, 1885
The temperature on May 16, 1885 was about 10.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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.
January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
Day of death February 1, 1943
The temperature on February 1, 1943 was between 7.4 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 14 » World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
September 12 » World War II: Benito Mussolini is rescued from house arrest by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.
September 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
October 5 » Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
October 19 » Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
November 25 » World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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