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Birthday May 23, 1883

• The temperature on May 23, 1883 was about 18.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
  • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
  • August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
  • October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1882 » William Halpenny, Canadian pole vaulter († 1960)
• 1883 » Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1939)
• 1884 » Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist and demographer († 1965)
• 1887 » Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian sailor and captain († 1951)
• 1887 » Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and theorist († 1963)
• 1888 » Adriaan Roland Holst, Dutch writer († 1976)