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Birthday August 15, 1888

• The temperature on August 15, 1888 was about 14.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
  • March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
  • May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
  • June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
  • July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
  • December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect († 1962)
• 1885 » Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1968)
• 1886 » Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer († 1974)
• 1890 » Jacques Ibert, French composer and educator († 1962)
• 1892 » Abraham Wachner, New Zealand politician, 35th Mayor of Invercargill († 1950)
• 1892 » Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)