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Christening day November 6, 1864

• The temperature on November 6, 1864 was about -0.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 1864: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Resaca: The battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta.
  • June 15 » Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81km) of the Arlington estate (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
  • July 30 » American Civil War: Battle of the Crater: Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
  • October 15 » American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces.
  • October 31 » Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
  • December 22 » American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the forces of General Sherman.

Day of marriage May 21, 1887

• The temperature on May 21, 1887 was about 5.1 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
  • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
  • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
  • July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
  • September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
  • November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

Day of death June 19, 1942

• The temperature on June 19, 1942 was between 8.2 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • March 14 » Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead.
  • June 26 » The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
  • September 23 » World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.
  • November 26 » World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.
  • December 7 » World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.
  • December 15 » World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1937 » J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (b. 1860)
• 1939 » Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Maurice Jaubert, French composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1941 » C. V. Hartman, Swiss botanist and anthropologist (b. 1862)
• 1941 » Otto Hirsch, German jurist and politician (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Syed Zafarul Hasan, Indian philosopher and academic (b. 1885)