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Birthday June 27, 1871

• The temperature on June 27, 1871 was about 14.3 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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 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).
• In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
  • March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
  • July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
  • August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
  • October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
  • November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1869 » Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-Canadian philosopher and activist († 1940)
• 1869 » Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1941)
• 1869 » Kate Carew, American illustrator and journalist († 1961)
• 1870 » Frank Rattray Lillie, American zoologist and embryologist († 1947)
• 1872 » Heber Doust Curtis, American astronomer († 1942)
• 1872 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright († 1906)