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Birthday February 23, 1869

• The temperature on February 23, 1869 was about 4.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
  • May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
  • August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
  • October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
  • December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1868 » Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Swedish actress, singer, and director († 1947)
• 1868 » W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist († 1963)
• 1873 » Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar († 1929)
• 1874 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia († 1956)
• 1878 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist († 1935)
• 1883 » Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher († 1969)