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Birthday June 13, 1886

• The temperature on June 13, 1886 was about 15.0 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
  • February 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
  • June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
  • July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
  • November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and academic († 1978)
• 1884 » Leon Chwistek, Polish painter, philosopher, and mathematician († 1944)
• 1885 » Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author († 1969)
• 1887 » André François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat († 1978)
• 1887 » Bruno Frank, German-American author, poet, and playwright († 1945)
• 1888 » Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and critic († 1935)