Family tree Hermans » Johanna Hendrika de Groot (1878-????)

Birthday March 27, 1878

• The temperature on March 27, 1878 was about 3.8 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
  • May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
  • 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.
  • October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
  • December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1877 » Oscar Grégoire, Belgian water polo player and swimmer († 1947)
• 1878 » Kathleen Scott, British sculptor († 1947)
• 1879 » Edward Steichen, Luxembourger-American painter and photographer († 1973)
• 1879 » Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager († 1929)
• 1879 » Sándor Garbai, Hungarian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Hungary († 1947)