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Birthday March 11, 1880

• The temperature on March 11, 1880 was about 5.7 °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.
  • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
  • June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
  • July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
  • August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
  • September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
  • September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1876 » Carl Ruggles, American pianist and composer († 1971)
• 1878 » Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler († 1927)
• 1880 » Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist and sociologist († 1943)
• 1884 » Ömer Seyfettin, Turkish soldier, author, and educator († 1920)
• 1884 » Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer († 1974)
• 1885 » Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver and journalist († 1948)