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Birthday August 2, 1882

• The temperature on August 2, 1882 was about 17.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
  • June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
  • July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
  • August 20 » Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.
  • December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.

Source: Wikipedia

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