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Birthday July 11, 1885

• The temperature on July 11, 1885 was about 19.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
  • January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
  • April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
  • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
  • September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
  • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

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• 1880 » Friedrich Lahrs, German architect and academic († 1964)
• 1881 » Isabel Martin Lewis, American astronomer and author († 1966)
• 1882 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger († 1946)
• 1886 » Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator († 1939)
• 1888 » Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist († 1985)
• 1892 » Thomas Mitchell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1962)