January 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
Day of death March 1, 1978
The temperature on March 1, 1978 was between 5.4 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
March 16 » Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.
April 27 » Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
July 25 » Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders.
November 3 » Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
November 14 » France conducts the Aphrodite nuclear test as 25th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests.
December 27 » Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.
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