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Birthday January 24, 1880

• The temperature on January 24, 1880 was about -2.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
  • June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
  • June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1872 » Yuly Aykhenvald, Russian literary critic († 1928)
• 1873 » Dmitry Ushakov, Russian philologist and lexicographer († 1942)
• 1882 » Ödön Bodor, Hungarian athlete († 1927)
• 1882 » Harold D. Babcock, American astronomer († 1968)
• 1886 » Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1887 » Jean-Henri Humbert, French botanist († 1967)