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Birthday October 3, 1885

• The temperature on October 3, 1885 was about 11.2 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
  • January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
  • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
  • March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
  • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
  • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1882 » A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter and academic († 1974)
• 1885 » Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist († 1970)
• 1886 » Alain-Fournier, French soldier, author, and critic († 1914)
• 1888 » Wade Boteler, American actor and screenwriter († 1943)
• 1889 » Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1938)
• 1890 » Emilio Portes Gil, Mexican politician, President of Mexico 1928-1930 († 1978)