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Birthday November 30, 1870

• The temperature on November 30, 1870 was about -1.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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.
  • March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
  • June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
  • July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
  • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
  • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1869 » Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1869 » James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Northern Ireland († 1953)
• 1872 » John McCrae, Canadian physician, soldier, and poet († 1918)
• 1873 » Božena Benešová, Czech author and poet († 1936)
• 1874 » Winston Churchill, English colonel, journalist, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)