The temperature on March 3, 1871 was about 11.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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.
March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
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.
July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.
Day of marriage May 24, 1891
The temperature on May 24, 1891 was about 10.1 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
October 28 » The Mino–Owari earthquake is the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history.
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