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Birthday December 5, 1885

• The temperature on December 5, 1885 was about 3.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
  • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
  • February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
  • March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
  • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
  • November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » René Cresté, French actor and director († 1922)
• 1886 » Nikolai Uglanov, Soviet politician († 1937)
• 1886 » Pieter Oud, Dutch historian, academic, and politician, Minister of Finance of the Netherlands († 1968)
• 1886 » Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author († 1968)
• 1890 » David Bomberg, English painter, illustrator, and academic († 1957)
• 1890 » Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1976)