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Birthday December 9, 1883

• The temperature on December 9, 1883 was about 1.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
  • March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
  • May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
  • May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
  • October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
  • November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.

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• 1882 » Elmer Booth, American actor († 1915)
• 1882 » Joaquín Turina, Spanish-French composer, critic, and educator († 1949)
• 1883 » Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece († 1955)
• 1883 » Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness expert, developed Pilates († 1967)
• 1883 » Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician, theorist, and academic († 1950)
• 1886 » Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye († 1956)