The temperature on February 21, 1871 was about 6.8 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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.
January 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
Day of death July 31, 1917
The temperature on July 31, 1917 was between 10.6 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
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