The temperature on February 24, 1864 was about -0.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 1 » Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
February 17 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USSHousatonic.
February 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Olustee: The largest battle fought in Florida during the war.
July 8 » Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
July 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
October 28 » American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital is repulsed.
Christening day August 7, 1864
The temperature on August 7, 1864 was about 21.9 °C. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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.
March 11 » The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
April 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
May 29 » Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
June 27 » American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
August 10 » After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War.
September 2 » American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city, ending the Atlanta Campaign.
Day of marriage November 9, 1901
The temperature on November 9, 1901 was between 6.8 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. Source: KNMI
March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
December 12 » Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
Day of death April 5, 1933
The temperature on April 5, 1933 was between 5.7 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
January 5 » Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
March 4 » The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure - Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates an authoritarian rule by decree.
April 1 » English cricketer Wally Hammond set a record for the highest individual Test innings of 336 not out, during a Test match against New Zealand.
May 12 » The Agricultural Adjustment Act, which restricts agricultural production through government purchase of livestock for slaughter and paying subsidies to farmers when they remove land from planting, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
November 16 » The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
November 17 » The United States recognizes the Soviet Union.
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