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Birthday January 9, 1879

• The temperature on January 9, 1879 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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.
  • January 22 » The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
  • March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
  • 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 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
  • September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
  • December 28 » Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1873 » Hayim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist, author, and poet († 1934)
• 1873 » Thomas Curtis, American sprinter and hurdler († 1944)
• 1875 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art († 1942)
• 1879 » John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic († 1958)
• 1881 » Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and poet († 1956)
• 1881 » Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet and critic († 1938)