The temperature on September 12, 1864 was about 14.0 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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.
June 30 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
July 30 » American Civil War: Battle of the Crater: Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
August 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
August 22 » Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
October 19 » American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont.
November 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material at the Battle of Johnsonville.
Day of marriage April 5, 1890
The temperature on April 5, 1890 was about 13.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
January 22 » The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
July 26 » In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.
September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
Day of death January 5, 1909
The temperature on January 5, 1909 was between -0.2 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
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