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Birthday May 14, 1870

• The temperature on May 14, 1870 was about 15.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
  • May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
  • July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
  • July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
  • October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
  • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1863 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal († 1932)
• 1867 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Bavaria († 1919)
• 1868 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist († 1935)
• 1869 » Arthur Rostron, English captain († 1940)
• 1872 » Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinal († 1961)
• 1878 » J. L. Wilkinson, American baseball player and manager († 1964)