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Birthday September 26, 1880

• The temperature on September 26, 1880 was about 14.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
  • May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
  • May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
  • June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
  • June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
  • September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1876 » Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author († 1957)
• 1876 » Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician († 1952)
• 1877 » Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor († 1962)
• 1877 » Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician († 1958)
• 1877 » Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic († 1963)
• 1878 » Walter Steinbeck, German actor († 1942)