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Birthday May 15, 1873

• The temperature on May 15, 1873 was about 10.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
  • March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
  • May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
  • June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
  • July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
  • August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1859 » Pierre Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1906)
• 1862 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright († 1931)
• 1863 » Frank Hornby, English businessman and politician, invented Meccano († 1936)
• 1869 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales († 1921)
• 1869 » Paul Probst, Swiss target shooter († 1945)
• 1882 » Walter White, Scottish international footballer († 1950)