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Birthday October 17, 1880

• The temperature on October 17, 1880 was about 13.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
  • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
  • June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
  • September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
  • September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
  • November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

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• 1878 » Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba († 1953)
• 1880 » Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector († 1977)
• 1881 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress († 1959)
• 1882 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian war heroine († 1904)
• 1883 » Alexander Neill, Scottish educator († 1973)
• 1883 » Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler († 1966)