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Birthday February 15, 1870

• The temperature on February 15, 1870 was about -4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
  • February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
  • March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
  • June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
  • July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
  • September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1861 » Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher († 1947)
• 1861 » Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1938)
• 1861 » Martin Burns, American wrestler and coach († 1937)
• 1873 » Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1964)
• 1874 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish captain and explorer († 1922)
• 1883 » Sax Rohmer, English-American author († 1959)