The temperature on July 15, 1875 was about 16.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
Day of marriage October 22, 1898
The temperature on October 22, 1898 was about 13.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
Day of death October 31, 1900
The temperature on October 31, 1900 was about 11.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
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