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Birthday November 2, 1869

• The temperature on November 2, 1869 was about 11.7 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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.
  • February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
  • May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  • July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
  • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
  • September 24 » Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
  • November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1865 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States († 1923)
• 1877 » Aga Khan III, Indian 48th Shia Imam († 1957)
• 1877 » Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary († 1933)
• 1877 » Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer († 1915)
• 1878 » Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna († 1930)
• 1879 » Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player and violinist († 1965)