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Birthday October 25, 1883

• The temperature on October 25, 1883 was about 13.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 16 » The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress.
  • January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
  • February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
  • March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
  • October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

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• 1882 » André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church († 1964)
• 1882 » John T. Flynn, American journalist and author († 1964)
• 1882 » Theodora Agnes Peck, American author and poet († 1964)
• 1882 » Tony Jackson, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1921)
• 1883 » Nikolay Krestinsky, Russian revolutionary and politician († 1938)
• 1884 » Maria Czaplicka, Polish cultural anthropologist († 1921)