The temperature on September 11, 1871 was about 15.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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.
March 29 » Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
October 24 » An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.
December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.
December 26 » Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years and the score has been lost.
Day of marriage September 25, 1897
The temperature on September 25, 1897 was about 14.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
Day of death May 24, 1924
The temperature on May 24, 1924 was between 9.2 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
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