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Birthday May 17, 1883

• The temperature on May 17, 1883 was about 15.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. 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.
  • June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
  • August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
  • August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
  • August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
  • October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
  • November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1882 » Karl Burman, Estonian architect and painter († 1965)
• 1886 » Alfonso XIII of Spain, Spanish monarch († 1941)
• 1888 » Tich Freeman, English cricketer († 1965)
• 1889 » Alfonso Reyes, Mexican author († 1959)
• 1889 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer († 1946)
• 1891 » Napoleon Zervas, Greek general and politician († 1957)