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Birthday March 12, 1885

• The temperature on March 12, 1885 was about 2.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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.
  • April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
  • May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
  • July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
  • 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.
  • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

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• 1881 » Väinö Tanner, Finnish politician of Social Democratic Party of Finland († 1966)
• 1882 » Carlos Blanco Galindo, Bolivian politician († 1943)
• 1883 » Sándor Jávorka, Hungarian botanist († 1961)
• 1888 » Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor († 1965)
• 1888 » Walter Hermann Bucher, German-American geologist and paleontologist († 1965)