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Birthday February 2, 1888

• The temperature on February 2, 1888 was about -7.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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.
  • January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
  • March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
  • 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.
  • September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
  • September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter, created Zorro († 1958)
• 1886 » William Rose Benét, American poet and author († 1950)
• 1887 » Ernst Hanfstaengl, German businessman († 1975)
• 1889 » Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general († 1952)
• 1890 » Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter († 1972)
• 1892 » Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna († 1959)