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Birthday October 1, 1876

• The temperature on October 1, 1876 was about 9.5 °C. There was 13 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 1876: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
  • March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
  • April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
  • June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
  • August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
  • September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1865 » Paul Dukas, French composer, scholar, and critic († 1935)
• 1878 » Othmar Spann, Austrian economist, sociologist, and philosopher († 1950)
• 1881 » William Boeing, American engineer and businessman, founded the Boeing Company († 1956)
• 1885 » Louis Untermeyer, American poet, anthologist, critic († 1977)
• 1887 » Ned Hanlon, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Queensland († 1952)
• 1887 » Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general († 1945)