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Birthday October 8, 1869

• The temperature on October 8, 1869 was about 14.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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.
  • May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
  • July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
  • 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 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
  • October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
  • November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.

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• 1863 » Edythe Chapman, American actress († 1948)
• 1864 » Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter and educator († 1955)
• 1870 » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer († 1937)
• 1872 » Mary Engle Pennington, American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer († 1952)
• 1873 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect and academic, designed Lenin's Mausoleum († 1949)
• 1873 » Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer († 1967)