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Birthday July 18, 1885

• The temperature on July 18, 1885 was about 23.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%. 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.
  • January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
  • February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
  • May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
  • June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
  • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
  • November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Larry McLean, Canadian-American baseball player († 1921)
• 1884 » Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal († 1979)
• 1886 » Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general († 1945)
• 1887 » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian military officer and politician, Minister President of Norway († 1945)
• 1889 » Kōichi Kido, Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan († 1977)
• 1890 » Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia († 1983)