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Birthday September 7, 1886

• The temperature on September 7, 1886 was about 23.5 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
  • April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
  • May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
  • June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
  • August 31 » The 7.0 M_w  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
  • October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.

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• 1883 » Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor († 1950)
• 1885 » Elinor Wylie, American author and poet († 1928)
• 1887 » Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic († 1964)
• 1892 » Eric Harrison, Australian soldier and politician, 27th Australian Minister for Defence († 1974)
• 1892 » Oscar O'Brien, Canadian priest, pianist, and composer († 1958)
• 1893 » Leslie Hore-Belisha, English politician, Secretary of State for War († 1957)