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Birthday December 31, 1876

• The temperature on December 31, 1876 was about 11.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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.
  • January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
  • April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
  • April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
  • May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
  • May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
  • October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1872 » Fred Marriott, American race car driver († 1956)
• 1873 » Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education († 1936)
• 1874 » Julius Meier, American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of Oregon († 1937)
• 1877 » Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author († 1967)
• 1878 » Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. († 1966)
• 1878 » Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan-Argentinian author, poet, and playwright († 1937)