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Birthday February 27, 1880

• The temperature on February 27, 1880 was about 4.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
  • June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
  • July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
  • August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
  • September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
  • November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1877 » Adela Verne, English pianist and composer († 1952)
• 1877 » Joseph Grinnell, American zoologist and biologist († 1939)
• 1878 » Alvan T. Fuller, American businessman and politician, 50th Governor of Massachusetts († 1958)
• 1880 » Xenophon Kasdaglis, Greek-Egyptian tennis player († 1943)
• 1881 » L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician, philosopher, and academic († 1966)
• 1881 » Sveinn Björnsson, Danish-Icelandic lawyer and politician, 1st President of Iceland († 1952)