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Birthday March 9, 1870

• The temperature on March 9, 1870 was about 5.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
  • May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
  • August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
  • September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
  • September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
  • December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1850 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic († 1925)
• 1856 » Eddie Foy, Sr., American actor and dancer († 1928)
• 1863 » Mary Harris Armor, American suffragist († 1950)
• 1887 » Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician († 1976)
• 1890 » Rupert Balfe, Australian footballer and lieutenant († 1915)
• 1890 » Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician and diplomat, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1986)