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Birthday September 10, 1876

• The temperature on September 10, 1876 was about 14.3 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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.
  • April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
  • June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
  • August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
  • September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
  • October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
  • November 23 » Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1872 » Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer († 1933)
• 1874 » Mamie Dillard, African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist († 1954)
• 1875 » George Hewitt Myers, American forester and philanthropist († 1957)
• 1876 » Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman († 1942)
• 1880 » Georgia Douglas Johnson, American poet and playwright († 1966)
• 1880 » Laura Cornelius Kellogg, Native American activist († 1947)