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Birthday May 7, 1869

• The temperature on May 7, 1869 was about 18.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west by south. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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 1869: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
  • March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
  • July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
  • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
  • September 24 » Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
  • October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1867 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1925)
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