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Birthday September 19, 1880

• The temperature on September 19, 1880 was about 13.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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.
  • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
  • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
  • May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
  • June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
  • 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.
  • November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1882 » Christopher Stone, English radio host († 1965)
• 1883 » Mabel Vernon, American educator and activist († 1975)
• 1887 » Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1972)
• 1887 » Lynne Overman, American actor and singer († 1943)
• 1888 » James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist († 1971)
• 1888 » Porter Hall, American actor († 1953)