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Birthday September 18, 1869

• The temperature on September 18, 1869 was about 21.4 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 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)
• 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 year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
  • February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
  • March 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
  • May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
  • May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
  • July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1860 » Alberto Franchetti, Italian-American composer and educator († 1942)
• 1870 » Clark Wissler, American anthropologist, author, and educator († 1947)
• 1872 » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist († 1919)
• 1872 » Carl Friedberg, German-Italian pianist and educator († 1955)
• 1875 » Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist († 1945)
• 1876 » James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia († 1953)