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Birthday September 10, 1885

• The temperature on September 10, 1885 was about 17.5 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
  • April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
  • May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
  • 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.
  • September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
  • November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Herbert Johanson, Estonian architect († 1964)
• 1885 » Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer († 1950)
• 1885 » Johannes de Jong, Dutch cardinal († 1955)
• 1886 » H.D., American poet, novelist, and memoirist († 1961)
• 1887 » Giovanni Gronchi, Italian soldier and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic († 1978)
• 1887 » Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer († 1976)