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Birthday January 13, 1880

• The temperature on January 13, 1880 was about -4.9 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 1880: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
  • May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
  • June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
  • July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
  • September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
  • December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.

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• 1878 » Lionel Groulx, Canadian priest and historian († 1967)
• 1881 » Essington Lewis, Australian engineer and businessman († 1961)
• 1883 » Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach († 1967)
• 1885 » Alfred Fuller, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Fuller Brush Company († 1973)
• 1886 » Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach († 1964)
• 1887 » Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer and actress († 1966)