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Birthday March 28, 1878

• The temperature on March 28, 1878 was about 2.9 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 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.
  • 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.
  • May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
  • June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
  • September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
  • December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.
  • 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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• 1871 » Willem Mengelberg, Dutch-Swiss conductor († 1951)
• 1873 » John Geiger, American rower († 1956)
• 1878 » Abraham Walkowitz, Russian-American painter († 1965)
• 1879 » Terence MacSwiney, Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork († 1920)
• 1881 » Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper († 1918)
• 1884 » Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright († 1951)