The temperature on May 10, 1885 was about 10.7 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. Source: KNMI
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.
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.
February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
Day of death August 6, 1887
The temperature on August 6, 1887 was about 26.5 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 31%. Source: KNMI
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.
January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
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