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Birthday April 30, 1867

• The temperature on April 30, 1867 was about 15.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 28 » Seventy years of Holy See–United States relations are ended by a Congressional ban on federal funding of diplomatic envoys to the Vatican and are not restored until January 10, 1984.
  • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
  • April 1 » Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
  • May 3 » The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
  • May 15 » Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto, Ontario. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961.
  • May 29 » The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1865 » Max Nettlau, German historian and academic († 1944)
• 1866 » Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel, American pioneer dentist († 1936)
• 1869 » Hans Poelzig, German architect, designed the IG Farben Building and Großes Schauspielhaus († 1936)
• 1870 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter († 1944)
• 1870 » Franz Lehár, Hungarian composer († 1948)
• 1874 » Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish priest and author († 1949)