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Birthday October 27, 1879

• The temperature on October 27, 1879 was about 10.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 11 » The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
  • February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
  • March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
  • April 23 » Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
  • May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
  • October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 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)
• 1890 » Toshinari Shōji, Japanese general († 1974)