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Birthday February 12, 1871

• The temperature on February 12, 1871 was about -3.5 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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.
  • April 1 » The 3rd Duke of Buckingham opened the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
  • May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
  • October 24 » An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1870 » Marie Lloyd, English actress and singer († 1922)
• 1876 » 13th Dalai Lama († 1933)
• 1877 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded Renault († 1944)
• 1880 » George Preca, Maltese priest and saint († 1962)