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Birthday September 10, 1885

• The temperature on September 10, 1885 was about 17.5 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
  • January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
  • January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
  • April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
  • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
  • December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Herbert Johanson, Estonian architect († 1964)
• 1885 » Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer († 1950)
• 1885 » Johannes de Jong, Dutch cardinal († 1955)
• 1886 » H.D., American poet, novelist, and memoirist († 1961)
• 1887 » Giovanni Gronchi, Italian soldier and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic († 1978)
• 1887 » Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer († 1976)