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Birthday May 10, 1885

• The temperature on May 10, 1885 was about 10.7 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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.
  • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
  • February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
  • March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
  • April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
  • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
  • September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1878 » Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter († 1967)
• 1879 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician († 1926)
• 1886 » Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author († 1968)
• 1888 » Max Steiner, Austrian-American composer and conductor († 1971)
• 1890 » Alfred Jodl, German general († 1946)
• 1891 » Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and academic († 1934)