The temperature on August 4, 1875 was about 19.2 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. Source: KNMI
From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
Day of marriage December 6, 1900
The temperature on December 6, 1900 was about 10.2 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
February 27 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
Day of death November 15, 1942
The temperature on November 15, 1942 was between 1.5 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 1 » The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
January 2 » World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces, enabling them to control the Philippines.
June 20 » The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
September 21 » The Holocaust in Poland: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently move from Konstantynów to Biała Podlaska.
November 19 » Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993.
December 15 » World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
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