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Birthday May 5, 1885

• The temperature on May 5, 1885 was about 10.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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.
  • March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
  • 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.
  • July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
  • September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
  • October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1882 » Sylvia Pankhurst, English women's suffrage movement leader and socialist activist († 1960)
• 1883 » Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler, American mathematician († 1966)
• 1883 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India († 1950)
• 1884 » Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach († 1954)
• 1885 » Kingsley Fairbridge, South African-Australian scholar and politician († 1924)
• 1887 » Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient († 1941)