Family tree Jacobus Petrus van Dorp en Paula Frederike Sommerfelt » Wilhelmus Bartholomeus van Dorp (1869-????)

Birthday March 26, 1869

• The temperature on March 26, 1869 was about 8.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 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)
• 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.
  • January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
  • February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
  • March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
  • May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
  • 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 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1874 » Robert Frost, American poet and playwright († 1963)
• 1875 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic († 1922)
• 1875 » Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea († 1965)