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Birthday November 19, 1870

• The temperature on November 19, 1870 was about 3.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
  • January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
  • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
  • September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
  • September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
  • October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1859 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator († 1935)
• 1862 » Billy Sunday, American baseball player and evangelist († 1935)
• 1873 » Elizabeth McCombs, the first woman elected to the Parliament of New Zealand († 1935)
• 1875 » Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician, 1st Head of State of The Soviet Union († 1946)
• 1876 » Tatyana Afanasyeva, Russian-Dutch mathematician and theorist († 1964)
• 1877 » Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival († 1947)