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Birthday November 18, 1885

• The temperature on November 18, 1885 was about -1.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
  • February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
  • March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
  • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
  • August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
  • October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

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• 1882 » Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American soprano († 1963)
• 1882 » Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist († 1959)
• 1882 » Jacques Maritain, French philosopher and author († 1973)
• 1882 » Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic († 1957)
• 1883 » Carl Vinson, American judge and politician († 1981)
• 1886 » Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary († 1967)