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Birthday December 23, 1867

• The temperature on December 23, 1867 was about 1.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 8 » African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
  • January 15 » Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
  • March 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
  • April 1 » Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
  • May 15 » Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto, Ontario. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961.
  • July 17 » Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1843 » Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient († 1924)
• 1854 » Henry B. Guppy, English botanist and author († 1926)
• 1867 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company († 1919)
• 1870 » John Marin, American architect and painter († 1953)
• 1878 » Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic († 1972)
• 1885 » Pierre Brissaud, French illustrator, painter, and engraver († 1964)