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Birthday May 11, 1870

• The temperature on May 11, 1870 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%. 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 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
  • February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
  • February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
  • September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
  • October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
  • December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1869 » Archibald Warden, English tennis player († 1943)
• 1871 » Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author († 1943)
• 1875 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter († 1912)
• 1881 » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1881 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor († 1944)
• 1881 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer († 1963)