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Birthday September 25, 1895

• The temperature on September 25, 1895 was about 16.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
  • April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
  • May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
  • August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
  • November 27 » At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
  • December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1893 » Harald Cramér, Swedish mathematician and statistician († 1985)
• 1896 » Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy († 1990)
• 1897 » William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1898 » Robert Brackman, Ukrainian-American painter and educator († 1980)
• 1899 » Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Indian poet and songwriter († 1981)
• 1900 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician († 1937)