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Birthday March 24, 1869

• The temperature on March 24, 1869 was about 7.1 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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.
  • February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
  • May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
  • 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 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
  • October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
  • October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1862 » Frank Weston Benson, American painter and educator († 1951)
• 1869 » Émile Fabre, French author and playwright († 1955)
• 1871 » Alec Hurley, English music hall singer († 1913)
• 1874 » Harry Houdini, Hungarian-Jewish American magician and actor († 1926)
• 1874 » Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of the Italian Republic († 1961)
• 1875 » William Burns, Canadian lacrosse player († 1953)