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Birthday June 10, 1871

• The temperature on June 10, 1871 was about 13.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
  • March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
  • March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
  • March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
  • July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
  • August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1862 » Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress († 1937)
• 1863 » Louis Couperus, Dutch author and poet († 1923)
• 1864 » Ninian Comper, Scottish architect († 1960)
• 1865 » Frederick Cook, American physician and explorer († 1940)
• 1880 » André Derain, French painter and sculptor († 1954)
• 1882 » Nils Økland, Norwegian Esperantist and teacher († 1969)