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Birthday May 3, 1875

• The temperature on May 3, 1875 was about 17.3 °C. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 1875: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
  • May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
  • May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
  • September 3 » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
  • September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
  • December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1871 » Emmett Dalton, American criminal († 1937)
• 1873 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine († 1945)
• 1874 » François Coty, French businessman and publisher, founded Coty, Inc. († 1934)
• 1874 » Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic († 1954)
• 1877 » Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author († 1925)
• 1879 » Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman and soldier, co-founded Qantas († 1950)