Family tree Eman/Swart-Radstok/Attevelt » Cornelius Hoolwerf (1878-????)

Birthday March 1, 1878

• The temperature on March 1, 1878 was about 11.3 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 45 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
  • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
  • 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 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
  • 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.
  • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

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• 1870 » E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and academic († 1944)
• 1876 » Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman († 1942)
• 1880 » Lytton Strachey, British writer and critic († 1932)
• 1886 » Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian-Swiss painter, poet, and playwright († 1980)
• 1888 » Ewart Astill, English cricketer and billiards player († 1948)
• 1888 » Fanny Walden, English cricketer and umpire, international footballer, outside right († 1949)