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Birthday June 27, 1876

• The temperature on June 27, 1876 was about 24.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 32%. 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 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
  • March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
  • 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.
  • July 8 » The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
  • 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.
  • October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1869 » Kate Carew, American illustrator and journalist († 1961)
• 1870 » Frank Rattray Lillie, American zoologist and embryologist († 1947)
• 1872 » Heber Doust Curtis, American astronomer († 1942)
• 1872 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright († 1906)
• 1880 » Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist († 1968)
• 1882 » Eduard Spranger, German philosopher and academic († 1963)