The temperature on March 15, 1878 was about 3.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.
December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.
Day of marriage February 19, 1902
The temperature on February 19, 1902 was between -1.0 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. Source: KNMI
January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
April 18 » The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
Day of death August 9, 1903
The temperature on August 9, 1903 was between 12.7 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (42%). Source: KNMI
January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
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