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Birthday October 8, 1885

• The temperature on October 8, 1885 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
  • March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
  • March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
  • 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.
  • May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
  • November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1882 » Harry McClintock, American singer-songwriter and poet († 1957)
• 1883 » Dick Burnett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1977)
• 1883 » Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1884 » Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal († 1942)
• 1887 » Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner († 1972)
• 1887 » Ping Bodie, American baseball player († 1961)