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Birthday October 17, 1876

• The temperature on October 17, 1876 was about 20.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
  • February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
  • April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
  • June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
  • August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
  • December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1871 » Segundo de Chomón, Spanish cinematographer, director, and screenwriter (d.1929)
• 1876 » Hippolyte Aucouturier, French cyclist († 1944)
• 1878 » Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba († 1953)
• 1880 » Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector († 1977)
• 1881 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress († 1959)
• 1882 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian war heroine († 1904)