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Birthday April 11, 1884

• The temperature on April 11, 1884 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
  • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
  • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
  • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
  • May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
  • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1873 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1955)
• 1876 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic († 1940)
• 1876 » Paul Henry, Irish painter († 1958)
• 1879 » Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German astronomer and optician († 1935)
• 1887 » Jamini Roy, Indian painter († 1972)
• 1893 » Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State († 1971)