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Birthday May 18, 1885

• The temperature on May 18, 1885 was about 10.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 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 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
  • 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.
  • March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
  • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
  • August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1891 » Rudolf Carnap, German-American philosopher and academic († 1970)