The temperature on June 2, 1863 was about 17.8 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. Source: KNMI
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.
February 7 » HMSOrpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
April 2 » American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
April 17 » American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
May 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
Day of marriage May 23, 1890
The temperature on May 23, 1890 was about 21.3 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
March 20 » Prime Minister of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
July 26 » In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.
September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
Day of death August 10, 1936
The temperature on August 10, 1936 was between 13.0 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
March 1 » The Hoover Dam is completed.
March 8 » Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
July 20 » The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
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