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Birthday March 12, 1876

• The temperature on March 12, 1876 was about 3.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
  • April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
  • April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
  • May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
  • October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
  • December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1874 » Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer († 1949)
• 1877 » Wilhelm Frick, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior († 1946)
• 1878 » Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint († 1903)
• 1880 » Henry Drysdale Dakin, English-American chemist and academic († 1952)
• 1881 » Väinö Tanner, Finnish politician of Social Democratic Party of Finland († 1966)
• 1882 » Carlos Blanco Galindo, Bolivian politician († 1943)