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Birthday October 30, 1870

• The temperature on October 30, 1870 was about 11.3 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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.
  • February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
  • May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
  • July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
  • July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
  • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
  • September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1861 » Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter († 1929)
• 1871 » Buck Freeman, American baseball player († 1949)
• 1871 » Paul Valéry, French poet and philosopher († 1945)
• 1873 » Francisco I. Madero, Mexican businessman and politician, 33rd President of Mexico († 1913)
• 1877 » Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, Prime Minister of Latvia († 1941)
• 1878 » Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine († 1929)