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Birthday December 31, 1885

• The temperature on December 31, 1885 was about 1.5 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
  • February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
  • March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
  • April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
  • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
  • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1881 » Max Pechstein, German painter and academic († 1955)
• 1884 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player († 1964)
• 1884 » Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter, and film director († 1960)
• 1885 » Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein († 1970)