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Birthday December 9, 1870

• The temperature on December 9, 1870 was about 1.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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.
  • February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
  • May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
  • July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
  • September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
  • September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
  • October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1867 » Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek journalist and author († 1951)
• 1868 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1934)
• 1870 » Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 († 1932)
• 1870 » Ida S. Scudder, Indian physician and missionary († 1960)
• 1871 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager († 1943)
• 1873 » George Blewett, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic († 1912)