Family tree De Duffelt » Kind "1885 +" Hagedoorn (1885)

Birthday December 22, 1885

• The temperature on December 22, 1885 was about 5.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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.
  • 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.
  • April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
  • May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
  • July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
  • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
  • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Edgard Varèse, French-American composer († 1965)
• 1883 » Marcus Hurley, American cyclist († 1941)
• 1884 » St. Elmo Brady, African American chemist and educator († 1966)
• 1885 » Deems Taylor, American conductor and critic († 1966)
• 1887 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist († 1920)
• 1888 » J. Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation († 1972)