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Birthday October 27, 1876

• The temperature on October 27, 1876 was about 10.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
  • May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
  • June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
  • August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
  • August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
  • December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1865 » Charles Spencelayh, English painter and academic († 1958)
• 1868 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland († 1928)
• 1877 » George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire († 1943)
• 1877 » Walt Kuhn, American painter and academic († 1949)
• 1884 » Shirō Takasu, Japanese admiral († 1944)
• 1885 » Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter († 1948)