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Day of marriage January 28, 1862

• The temperature on January 28, 1862 was about 2.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• 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 year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 6 » American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
  • February 21 » American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
  • March 7 » American Civil War: Union forces engage Confederate troops at the Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas.
  • March 9 » American Civil War: USSMonitor and CSSVirginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
  • May 5 » Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
  • December 12 » American Civil War: USSCairo sinks on the Yazoo River.

Day of death July 5, 1911

• The temperature on July 5, 1911 was between 9.9 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
  • February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
  • June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
  • July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
  • September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
  • December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1927 » Albrecht Kossel, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1929 » Henry Johnson, American sergeant (b. 1897)
• 1932 » Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (b. 1880)
• 1935 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (b. 1870)