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Birthday November 14, 1888

• The temperature on November 14, 1888 was about 3.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
  • March 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
  • May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
  • May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
  • June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
  • September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1878 » Julie Manet, French painter and art collector († 1966)
• 1883 » Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)
• 1889 » Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India († 1964)
• 1891 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1941)
• 1895 » Walter Jackson Freeman II, American physician and psychiatrist († 1972)
• 1897 » John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic († 1946)