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Birthday February 27, 1870

• The temperature on February 27, 1870 was about 9.6 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
  • February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
  • March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
  • April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
  • September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
  • September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1864 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1935)
• 1867 » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician († 1947)
• 1867 » Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Swedish composer and critic († 1942)
• 1869 » Alice Hamilton, American physician and academic († 1970)
• 1872 » Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania († 1950)
• 1875 » Vladimir Filatov, Russian-Ukrainian ophthalmologist and surgeon († 1956)