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Birthday September 13, 1882

• The temperature on September 13, 1882 was about 11.9 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 1882: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 2 » Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
  • May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
  • June 6 » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
  • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
  • September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.
  • December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.

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• 1880 » Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Famous Players-Lasky († 1958)
• 1882 » Ramón Grau, Cuban physician and politician, 6th President of Cuba († 1969)
• 1883 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter († 1956)
• 1883 » Petros Voulgaris, Greek admiral and politician, 136th Prime Minister of Greece († 1957)
• 1885 » Wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian-German mathematician and academic († 1962)
• 1886 » Amelie Beese, German pilot and sculptor († 1925)