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Day of marriage March 28, 1868

• The temperature on March 28, 1868 was about 7.7 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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).
• 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 year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
  • April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
  • May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
  • June 23 » Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
  • August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
  • October 7 » Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.

Day of death March 11, 1904

• The temperature on March 11, 1904 was between 1.5 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
  • February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
  • May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
  • June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
  • August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
  • December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Tigran Chukhajian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1898 » William Rosecrans, American general and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Jean Casimir-Perier, French lawyer and politician, 6th President of France (b. 1847)
• 1908 » Benjamin Waugh, American minister and activist (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (b. 1826)