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Birthday July 16, 1885

• The temperature on July 16, 1885 was about 17.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
  • March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
  • April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
  • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
  • December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
  • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

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• 1882 » Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge († 1937)
• 1883 » Charles Sheeler, American photographer and painter († 1965)
• 1884 » Anna Vyrubova, Russian author († 1964)
• 1887 » Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager († 1951)
• 1888 » Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1966)
• 1888 » Percy Kilbride, American actor († 1964)