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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 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
  • March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
  • March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
  • March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
  • July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
  • November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.

Source: Wikipedia

• 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)