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Birthday August 6, 1885

• The temperature on August 6, 1885 was about 17.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
  • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
  • March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
  • March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
  • March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
  • May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1881 » Leo Carrillo, American actor († 1961)
• 1881 » Louella Parsons, American journalist († 1972)
• 1883 » Scott Nearing, American economist and educator († 1983)
• 1886 » Edward Ballantine, American composer and academic († 1971)
• 1887 » Dudley Benjafield, English racing driver († 1957)