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Birthday July 15, 1882

• The temperature on July 15, 1882 was about 27.4 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. 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 1882: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
  • March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
  • June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
  • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
  • July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
  • September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1871 » Doppo Kunikida, Japanese journalist, author, and poet († 1908)
• 1880 » Enrique Mosca, Argentinian lawyer and politician († 1950)
• 1887 » Wharton Esherick, American sculptor († 1970)
• 1892 » Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic († 1940)
• 1893 » Dick Rauch, American football player and coach († 1970)
• 1893 » Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress († 1969)