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Birthday October 29, 1883

• The temperature on October 29, 1883 was about 13.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 16 » The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress.
  • May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
  • June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
  • August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
  • November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
  • November 30 » The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom]].

Source: Wikipedia

• 1879 » Alva B. Adams, American lawyer and politician († 1941)
• 1879 » Franz von Papen, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1969)
• 1880 » Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic († 1960)
• 1881 » John DeWitt, American football player and hammer thrower († 1930)
• 1882 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright († 1944)
• 1883 » Victor Hochepied, French swimmer and water polo player († 1966)