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Birthday August 22, 1885

• The temperature on August 22, 1885 was about 17.1 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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.
  • February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
  • March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
  • 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.
  • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
  • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
  • November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1880 » George Herriman, American cartoonist († 1944)
• 1880 » Gorch Fock, German author and poet († 1916)
• 1881 » James Newland, Australian soldier and policeman († 1949)
• 1882 » Raymonde de Laroche, French pilot († 1919)
• 1887 » Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1977)
• 1890 » Cecil Kellaway, South African actor († 1973)