The temperature on March 18, 1866 was about 12.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
January 12 » The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
February 21 » Lucy Hobbs Taylor becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school.
May 5 » Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
June 3 » The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
June 24 » Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
October 22 » A plebiscite ratifies the annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, which had occurred three days before, on October 19.
Day of marriage April 16, 1887
The temperature on April 16, 1887 was about 4.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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.
February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
Day of death March 17, 1921
The temperature on March 17, 1921 was between 2.2 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 12 » Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
June 28 » Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
August 28 » The Red Army dissolved the Free Territory, after driving the Black Army out of Ukraine.
October 26 » The Chicago Theatre opens.
October 29 » United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts.
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