The temperature on October 14, 1871 was about 12.4 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. Source: KNMI
From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 19 » Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
January 28 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
March 26 » The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
Day of marriage January 23, 1897
The temperature on January 23, 1897 was about -4.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
Day of death January 29, 1934
The temperature on January 29, 1934 was between -2.3 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
September 8 » Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SSMorro Castle kills 137 people.
September 26 » The ocean liner RMSQueen Mary is launched.
October 22 » In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
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