The temperature on April 8, 1864 was about 1.4 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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.
February 29 » American Civil War: Kilpatrick–Dahlgren Raid fails: Plans to free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted.
May 22 » American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.
June 30 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
July 19 » Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
October 30 » The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.
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 May 18, 1889
The temperature on May 18, 1889 was about 14.8 °C. There was 20 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
Day of death October 26, 1947
The temperature on October 26, 1947 was between -2.0 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
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