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Birthday June 27, 1879

• The temperature on June 27, 1879 was about 18.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
  • January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
  • February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
  • May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
  • May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
  • July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1872 » Heber Doust Curtis, American astronomer († 1942)
• 1880 » Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist († 1968)
• 1882 » Eduard Spranger, German philosopher and academic († 1963)
• 1884 » Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet († 1962)
• 1885 » Guilhermina Suggia, Portuguese cellist († 1950)
• 1885 » Pierre Montet, French historian and academic († 1966)