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Birthday June 23, 1880

• The temperature on June 23, 1880 was about 16.9 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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.
  • June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
  • 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.
  • September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

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• 1877 » Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor († 1929)
• 1879 » Huda Sha'arawi, Egyptian feminist and journalist († 1947)
• 1884 » Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player and politician († 1979)
• 1888 » Bronson M. Cutting, American publisher and politician († 1935)
• 1889 » Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet and author († 1966)
• 1889 » Verena Holmes, English engineer († 1964)