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Birthday April 7, 1876

• The temperature on April 7, 1876 was about 14.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. 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 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
  • May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
  • August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
  • 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.
  • December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1870 » Gustav Landauer, Jewish-German theorist and activist († 1919)
• 1871 » Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino jurist, historian, and scholar († 1927)
• 1873 » John McGraw, American baseball player and manager († 1934)
• 1874 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, German-American painter († 1939)
• 1876 » Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach, and lawyer († 1945)
• 1882 » Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer († 1971)