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Birthday May 22, 1883

• The temperature on May 22, 1883 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
  • August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
  • August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
  • September 8 » The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.
  • October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1879 » Jean Cras, French admiral and composer († 1932)
• 1879 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian statesman and independence leader († 1926)
• 1879 » Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer and journalist († 1947)
• 1880 » Francis de Miomandre, French author and translator († 1959)
• 1885 » Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician († 1924)
• 1885 » Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral († 1957)