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Birthday May 1, 1885

• The temperature on May 1, 1885 was about 15.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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.
  • February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
  • March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
  • March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
  • 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.
  • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
  • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest, palaeontologist, and philosopher († 1955)
• 1884 » Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician († 1964)
• 1885 » Clément Pansaers, Belgian poet († 1922)
• 1885 » Ralph Stackpole, American sculptor and painter († 1973)
• 1887 » Alan Cunningham, Anglo-Irish general and diplomat, High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan († 1983)
• 1890 » Clelia Lollini, Italian physician (d. 1963 or 1964)