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Birthday April 11, 1878

• The temperature on April 11, 1878 was about 11.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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.
  • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
  • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
  • 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.
  • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1871 » Gyula Kellner, Hungarian runner († 1940)
• 1873 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1955)
• 1876 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic († 1940)
• 1876 » Paul Henry, Irish painter († 1958)
• 1879 » Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German astronomer and optician († 1935)