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Birthday April 4, 1885

• The temperature on April 4, 1885 was about 3.8 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
  • January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
  • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
  • 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.
  • November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
  • December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

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• 1884 » Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral († 1943)
• 1884 » James Alberione, Italian priest, founded the Society of St. Paul († 1971)
• 1886 » Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist († 1964)
• 1888 » Tris Speaker, American baseball player and manager († 1958)
• 1888 » Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr., Polish historian and academic († 1975)
• 1889 » Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian journalist, poet, and playwright († 1968)