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Birthday October 11, 1885

• The temperature on October 11, 1885 was about 7.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
  • February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
  • March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
  • May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
  • December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
  • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Hans Kelsen, Czech-American jurist and philosopher († 1973)
• 1884 » Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States († 1962)
• 1884 » Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1884 » Sig Ruman, German-American actor († 1967)
• 1885 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1890 » A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician († 1978)