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Birthday January 11, 1885

  • The temperature on January 11, 1885 was about 4.1 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 30 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
    • March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
    • April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
    • June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
    • July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
    • August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.

Day of death March 12, 1886

  • The temperature on March 12, 1886 was about -5.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
    • May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
    • May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
    • June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
    • July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
    • September 4 » American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.


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  • 1885 » Alice Paul, American activist and suffragist († 1977)
  • 1887 » Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author († 1948)
  • 1888 » Joseph B. Keenan, American jurist and politician († 1954)
  • 1889 » Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic († 1938)
  • 1890 » Max Carey, American baseball player and manager († 1976)
  • 1890 » Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian poet and critic († 1954)

Source: Wikipedia


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