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Birthday September 5, 1885

• The temperature on September 5, 1885 was about 16.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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.
  • January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
  • April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
  • September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
  • October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
  • December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1880 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr († 1936)
• 1881 » Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, English field marshal († 1964)
• 1881 » Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Foreign Minister of Austria († 1938)
• 1883 » Otto Erich Deutsch, Austrian musicologist and scholar († 1967)
• 1888 » Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India († 1975)
• 1892 » Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist and educator († 1973)