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Birthday March 25, 1869

• The temperature on March 25, 1869 was about 4.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
  • May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
  • May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  • July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
  • November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
  • November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched

Source: Wikipedia

• 1867 » Arturo Toscanini, Italian-American cellist and conductor († 1957)
• 1867 » Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor, designed Mount Rushmore († 1941)
• 1868 » Bill Lockwood, English cricketer († 1932)
• 1871 » Louis Perrée, French fencer († 1924)
• 1872 » Horatio Nelson Jackson, American race car driver and physician († 1955)
• 1873 » Rudolf Rocker, German-American author and activist († 1958)