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Birthday November 16, 1884

• The temperature on November 16, 1884 was about 0.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
  • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
  • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
  • October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
  • November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
  • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach († 1972)
• 1888 » Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1889 » Dietrich Kraiß, German general († 1944)
• 1889 » George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright († 1961)
• 1890 » Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of the Philippines († 1956)
• 1892 » Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet († 1978)