Ancestors Jordi Martijn van Os » Eijgendaal (1878-1878)

Birthday September 14, 1878

• The temperature on September 14, 1878 was about 14.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
  • September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
  • December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

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• 1872 » John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient († 1963)
• 1879 » Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist († 1966)
• 1880 » Archie Hahn, American sprinter, football player, and coach († 1955)
• 1880 » Benjamin, Russian bishop and missionary († 1961)
• 1883 » Richard Gerstl, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1908)
• 1885 » Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor, composer, and critic († 1975)