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Birthday November 23, 1885

• The temperature on November 23, 1885 was about 0.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
  • April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
  • May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
  • June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
  • July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
  • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter († 1949)
• 1886 » Eduards Smiļģis, Latvian actor and director († 1966)
• 1887 » Boris Karloff, English actor († 1969)
• 1887 » Henry Moseley, English physicist and chemist († 1915)
• 1888 » Harpo Marx, American comedian and musician († 1964)
• 1889 » Harry Sunderland, Australian-English journalist and businessman († 1964)