Stambomen Quist » Pieter Paulus Franke (1885-????)

Birthday October 27, 1885

• The temperature on October 27, 1885 was about 6.1 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
  • January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
  • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
  • February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
  • March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
  • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1884 » Shirō Takasu, Japanese admiral († 1944)
• 1885 » Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter († 1948)
• 1890 » Toshinari Shōji, Japanese general († 1974)
• 1894 » Agda Helin, Swedish actress († 1984)