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Birthday April 4, 1880

• The temperature on April 4, 1880 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 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 1880: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
  • May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
  • May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
  • July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
  • September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
  • November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

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• 1875 » Pierre Monteux, Sephardic Jewish French-American viola player and conductor († 1964)
• 1876 » Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter and poet († 1958)
• 1878 » Stylianos Lykoudis, Greek admiral and historian († 1958)
• 1879 » Gustav Goßler, German rower († 1940)
• 1884 » Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral († 1943)
• 1884 » James Alberione, Italian priest, founded the Society of St. Paul († 1971)