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Birthday April 27, 1873

• The temperature on April 27, 1873 was about 4.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
  • February 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
  • April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
  • April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
  • May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
  • August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1866 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player († 1916)
• 1875 » Frederick Fane, Irish-born, English cricketer († 1960)
• 1880 » Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor († 1958)
• 1882 » Jessie Redmon Fauset, American author and poet († 1961)
• 1887 » Warren Wood, American golfer († 1926)