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Birthday January 9, 1870

• The temperature on January 9, 1870 was about 4.6 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
  • January 6 » The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
  • February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
  • May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
  • June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
  • June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
  • August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1868 » S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist and academic († 1939)
• 1870 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge († 1938)
• 1873 » Hayim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist, author, and poet († 1934)
• 1873 » John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower († 1938)
• 1873 » Thomas Curtis, American sprinter and hurdler († 1944)
• 1875 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art († 1942)