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Birthday November 17, 1887

• The temperature on November 17, 1887 was about -1.3 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 1887: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
  • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
  • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
  • June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
  • October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
  • November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

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