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Birthday March 10, 1884

• The temperature on March 10, 1884 was about 3.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
  • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
  • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
  • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
  • December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
  • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1876 » Anna Hyatt Huntington, American sculptor († 1973)
• 1877 » Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Mexican diplomat and president (1930-1932) († 1963)
• 1881 » Jessie Boswell, English painter († 1956)
• 1888 » Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor († 1961)
• 1890 » Albert Ogilvie, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Tasmania († 1939)
• 1892 » Arthur Honegger, French composer and educator († 1955)