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Birthday December 22, 1887

• The temperature on December 22, 1887 was about -3.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 1887: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
  • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
  • June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
  • July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
  • September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
  • November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Marcus Hurley, American cyclist († 1941)
• 1884 » St. Elmo Brady, African American chemist and educator († 1966)
• 1885 » Deems Taylor, American conductor and critic († 1966)
• 1887 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist († 1920)
• 1888 » J. Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation († 1972)
• 1889 » George Hutson, English runner and soldier († 1914)