The temperature on February 21, 1861 was about 11.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
February 18 » In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
March 10 » El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.
July 16 » American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
August 5 » The United States Army abolishes flogging.
October 1 » Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day
November 28 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Missouri to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.
Day of marriage May 15, 1886
The temperature on May 15, 1886 was about 11.8 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
August 31 » The 7.0 Mw Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.
November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
Day of death September 14, 1917
The temperature on September 14, 1917 was between 8.8 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.
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