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Birthday July 12, 1870

• The temperature on July 12, 1870 was about 19.5 °C. There was 18 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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.
  • February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
  • April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
  • September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
  • September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
  • October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1863 » Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist († 1933)
• 1868 » Stefan George, German poet and translator († 1933)
• 1870 » Louis II, Prince of Monaco († 1949)
• 1872 » Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia († 1945)
• 1876 » Alphaeus Philemon Cole, American artist, engraver and etcher († 1988)
• 1876 » Max Jacob, French poet, painter, and critic († 1944)