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Birthday September 24, 1883

• The temperature on September 24, 1883 was about 14.0 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
  • February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
  • March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
  • May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
  • October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
  • November 30 » The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom]].

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• 1882 » Max Decugis, French tennis player († 1978)
• 1883 » Franklin Clarence Mars, American businessman, founded Mars, Incorporated († 1934)
• 1883 » Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American high jumper and coach († 1951)
• 1884 » İsmet İnönü, Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey († 1973)
• 1884 » Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist († 1963)
• 1884 » Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer and engineer († 1953)