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Birthday September 18, 1885

• The temperature on September 18, 1885 was about 13.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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.
  • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
  • March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
  • March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
  • March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, English composer, painter, and author († 1950)
• 1885 » Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer, conductor, and playwright († 1948)
• 1888 » Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author († 1938)
• 1888 » Toni Wolff, Swiss psychologist and author († 1953)
• 1889 » Doris Blackburn, Australian activist and politician († 1970)
• 1889 » Leslie Morshead, Australian general, businessman, and educator († 1959)