Genealogy Spierenburg » Johannes Groen (1878-< 1886)

Birthday July 24, 1878

• The temperature on July 24, 1878 was about 18.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
  • January 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
  • March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
  • March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
  • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
  • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.

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• 1874 » Oswald Chambers, Scottish minister and author († 1917)
• 1877 » Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss († 1954)
• 1878 » Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish author, poet, and playwright († 1957)
• 1880 » Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer and educator († 1959)
• 1884 » Maria Caserini, Italian actress († 1969)
• 1886 » Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author († 1965)