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Birthday March 13, 1882

• The temperature on March 13, 1882 was about 5.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 2 » Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
  • March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
  • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
  • September 5 » Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).
  • September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.
  • December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1880 » Josef Gočár, Czech architect († 1945)
• 1883 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer († 1926)
• 1884 » Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author and educator († 1941)
• 1886 » Albert William Stevens, American captain and photographer († 1949)
• 1886 » Home Run Baker, American baseball player and manager († 1963)
• 1888 » Paul Morand, French author and diplomat († 1976)