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Birthday December 24, 1881

• The temperature on December 24, 1881 was about -2.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 1881: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
  • June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
  • July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
  • July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
  • July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
  • November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1879 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet († 1941)
• 1879 » Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1952)
• 1880 » Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator († 1939)
• 1881 » Charles Wakefield Cadman, American composer and critic († 1946)
• 1882 » Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1961)
• 1883 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and producer († 1945)