The temperature on July 12, 1870 was about 19.5 °C. There was 18 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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).
January 6 » The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
Day of marriage September 7, 1890
The temperature on September 7, 1890 was about 12.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
March 20 » Prime Minister of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
Day of death January 21, 1922
The temperature on January 21, 1922 was between -0.4 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
June 1 » The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
July 20 » The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
October 18 » The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
December 16 » President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw.
December 27 » Japanese aircraft carrierHōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
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