Family tree Van Leeuwen-Van der Speck en vele anderen » Pieter Wiellinga (1878-????)

Birthday March 13, 1878

• The temperature on March 13, 1878 was about 6.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. 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.
  • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1870 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator († 1938)
• 1874 » Ellery Harding Clark, American jumper, coach, and lawyer († 1949)
• 1880 » Josef Gočár, Czech architect († 1945)
• 1883 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer († 1926)
• 1884 » Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author and educator († 1941)
• 1886 » Home Run Baker, American baseball player and manager († 1963)