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Birthday April 4, 1878

• The temperature on April 4, 1878 was about 5.9 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
  • March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
  • 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.
  • October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
  • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
  • 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.

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• 1875 » Pierre Monteux, Sephardic Jewish French-American viola player and conductor († 1964)
• 1876 » Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter and poet († 1958)
• 1878 » Stylianos Lykoudis, Greek admiral and historian († 1958)
• 1879 » Gustav Goßler, German rower († 1940)
• 1884 » Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral († 1943)
• 1884 » James Alberione, Italian priest, founded the Society of St. Paul († 1971)