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Birthday July 28, 1885

• The temperature on July 28, 1885 was about 17.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
  • January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
  • February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
  • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
  • 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.
  • September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1879 » Lucy Burns, American activist, co-founded the National Woman's Party († 1966)
• 1879 » Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter († 1944)
• 1887 » Marcel Duchamp, French-American painter and sculptor († 1968)
• 1887 » Willard Price, Canadian-American journalist and author († 1983)
• 1893 » Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer († 1952)