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Birthday October 18, 1885

• The temperature on October 18, 1885 was about 10.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
  • March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
  • March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
  • April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
  • May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
  • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

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• 1878 » James Truslow Adams, American historian and author († 1949)
• 1880 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-Russian general, journalist, and theorist († 1940)
• 1881 » Max Gerson, German-born American physician († 1959)
• 1882 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French cyclist († 1917)
• 1887 » Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong († 1946)
• 1888 » Paul Vermoyal, French actor († 1925)