hoofdpersoonnaam=Sophia Johanna van der Mersch hoofdpersoongebdatum=maandag 25 september 1882 hoofdpersoongebplaats=Leiden hoofdpersoonvader=Christiaan Hendrik van der Mersch hoofdpersoonvaderberoep=eerste luitenant der hussaren hoofdpersoonvaderwoonplaats=Leiden hoofdpersoonmoeder=Constance Abrahamine van Gelder De Neufville gebeurtenis=Geboorte aktedatum=1882 akteplaats=Leiden archief=516 erfgoedinstelling=Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken Registratienummer=4747 aktenummer=1167 brontype=BS Geboorte Instellingsplaats=Leiden Collectiegebied=Zuid-Holland
The temperature on September 25, 1882 was about 12.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
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.
March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
June 6 » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.
October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.
December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.
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