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Birthday November 26, 1881

• The temperature on November 26, 1881 was about 10.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 33 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 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 1881: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
  • April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
  • April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
  • June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
  • August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
  • September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1876 » Willis Carrier, American engineer, invented air conditioning († 1950)
• 1878 » Major Taylor, American cyclist († 1932)
• 1885 » Heinrich Brüning, German lieutenant, economist, and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1970)
• 1888 » Ford Beebe, American director and screenwriter († 1978)
• 1889 » Albert Dieudonné, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 1976)