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Birthday September 8, 1870

• The temperature on September 8, 1870 was about 10.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
  • February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
  • February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
  • March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
  • June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
  • August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1867 » Alexander Parvus, Belarusian-German theoretician and activist († 1924)
• 1868 » Seth Weeks, American mandolin player, composer, and bandleader († 1953)
• 1869 » José María Pino Suárez, Mexican politician, Vice President of Mexico, murdered in a military coup († 1913)
• 1871 » Samuel McLaughlin, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded the McLaughlin Carriage Company († 1972)
• 1872 » James William McCarthy, American judge († 1939)
• 1873 » Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright († 1907)