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Birthday April 20, 1879

• The temperature on April 20, 1879 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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.
  • February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
  • 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 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
  • May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
  • July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
  • December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1875 » Vladimir Vidrić, Croatian poet and lawyer († 1909)
• 1879 » Paul Poiret, French fashion designer († 1944)
• 1882 » Holland Smith, American general († 1967)
• 1884 » Daniel Varoujan, Armenian poet and educator († 1915)
• 1884 » Oliver Kirk, American boxer († 1960)
• 1884 » Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1966)