Sherren Family Tree » Charles Henry Learoyd Jr. (1878-????)

Birthday April 30, 1878

• The temperature on April 30, 1878 was about 18.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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.
  • March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
  • 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.
  • September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1874 » Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish priest and author († 1949)
• 1876 » Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician († 1937)
• 1877 » Alice B. Toklas, American memoirist († 1967)
• 1877 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist († 1917)
• 1878 » Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist († 1948)
• 1880 » Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie, Scottish cartoonist († 1967)