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Birthday November 8, 1891

• The temperature on November 8, 1891 was about -0.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
  • March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
  • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
  • August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
  • August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
  • October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1885 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter († 1959)
• 1885 » Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic († 1951)
• 1888 » David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian pianist and composer († 1974)
• 1893 » Prajadhipok, Thai king († 1941)
• 1896 » Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager († 1977)
• 1896 » Erika Abels d'Albert, Austrian painter and graphic artist († 1975)