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Birthday October 14, 1880

• The temperature on October 14, 1880 was about 10.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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.
  • 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.
  • June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
  • July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
  • August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
  • 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.

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• 1872 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player († 1910)
• 1882 » Éamon de Valera, American-Irish rebel and politician, 3rd President of Ireland († 1975)
• 1882 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire († 1959)
• 1888 » Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1923)
• 1888 » Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance († 1947)