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Birthday December 31, 1878

• The temperature on December 31, 1878 was about 10.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 43 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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.
  • February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
  • February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
  • 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.
  • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
  • November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1877 » Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author († 1967)
• 1878 » Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. († 1966)
• 1878 » Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan-Argentinian author, poet, and playwright († 1937)
• 1880 » Fred Beebe, American baseball player and coach († 1957)
• 1880 » George Marshall, American general and politician, 50th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
• 1881 » Max Pechstein, German painter and academic († 1955)