The temperature on November 25, 1877 was about 3.9 °C. There was 22 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 20 » The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
May 8 » At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
June 15 » Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
July 14 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg, West Virginia, when wages of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers were cut for the third time in a year. The strike was ended on Sept 4 by local and state militias, and federal troops.
November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.
Day of marriage May 26, 1898
The temperature on May 26, 1898 was about 12.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. Source: KNMI
January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
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