About the day » Tuesday March 18, 1879Calender converter

• Albert van Beek, Molenhoek, gemeente Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland († 1941)
• Anna Josina Kuijpers, Helmond († 1931)
• Aleida WILLEMS, Zwollerkerspel, Ittersum, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Sande, amsterdam, Nederland
• Anna Kuijpers, Helmond, Nederland († 1931)
• Alphonsina Florentina ALDERWEIRELDT
• Anna Rosalia Willems, Geel, België († 1969)
• "Hannie" Weisz, Amersfoort
• Adriana Cornelia Sas, Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland († 1964)
• Adrianus Weesie, Schiedam

• Adrianus de Bruijn (17), Strijen, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Alida Beekman (22), Kloosterburen, Nederland
• Alberdina Harteman (0), Lienden
• Anna Hogenbirk (69), Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alexander Orr (69), County Antrim, Northern Ireland
• Adriaan van de Werken (1), Groot-Ammers, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angelus Bevernage, Roubaix,,D√©partement du Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,Frankrijk
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• Adriana van Leeuwen (65), Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Westmaas (54), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1869 » Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1940)
• 1870 » Agnes Sime Baxter, Canadian mathematician († 1917)
• 1874 » Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian-French philosopher and theologian († 1948)
• 1877 » Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and engineer († 1945)
• 1877 » Edgar Cayce, American mystic and psychic († 1945)
• 1878 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman († 1956)
• 1882 » Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator († 1973)
• 1884 » Bernard Cronin, English-Australian journalist and author († 1968)
• 1886 » Edward Everett Horton, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1970)
• 1890 » Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter († 1969)

• 1823 » Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
• 1845 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
• 1871 » Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
• 1898 » Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (b. 1826)
• 1900 » Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1913 » George I of Greece (b. 1845)
• 1918 » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)

• 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 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.
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
• May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
• May 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
• September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
• October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
• December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

The temperature on March 18, 1879 was about 8.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.