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Christening day January 10, 1862

• The temperature on January 10, 1862 was about 8.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
  • April 16 » American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
  • June 6 » American Civil War: Battle of Memphis: Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
  • July 23 » American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
  • August 19 » American Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
  • September 8 » Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
  • December 26 » Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USSRed Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.

Day of marriage May 17, 1881

• The temperature on May 17, 1881 was about 10.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
  • July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
  • September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
  • November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
  • November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.
  • November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

Day of death April 26, 1885

• The temperature on April 26, 1885 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
  • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
  • May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
  • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
  • November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
  • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

Day of burial April 29, 1885

• The temperature on April 29, 1885 was about 15.6 °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 73%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
  • March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
  • June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
  • September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
  • September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
  • December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1865 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
• 1895 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)
• 1920 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)