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.
July 19 » Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
September 2 » American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city, ending the Atlanta Campaign.
October 2 » American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners (most of them are from a Black cavalry unit) ensues.
October 31 » Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
December 15 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: The Union's Army of the Cumberland routs and destroys the Confederacy's Army of Tennessee, ending its effectiveness as a combat unit.
December 22 » American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the forces of General Sherman.
Day of death January 3, 1889
The temperature on January 3, 1889 was about -3.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
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