The temperature on January 26, 1868 was about 5.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. Source: KNMI
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).
January 27 » Boshin War: The Battle of Toba–Fushimi begins, between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions; it will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration.
March 1 » The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
May 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
November 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
Day of marriage January 14, 1897
The temperature on January 14, 1897 was about -2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
Day of death February 15, 1936
The temperature on February 15, 1936 was between -0.9 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 16 » Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
November 3 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected President of the United States.
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