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Birthday September 17, 1875

• The temperature on September 17, 1875 was about 22.7 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%. 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 1875: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
  • May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
  • June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
  • August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
  • September 3 » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
  • December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1869 » Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian political scientist, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1938)
• 1874 » Walter Murdoch, Australian author and academic († 1970)
• 1878 » Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer († 1950)
• 1879 » Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian businessman, social activist, and politician († 1973)
• 1879 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager († 1930)
• 1881 » Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient († 1955)