Family tree Vanhulle » Cerilus van Assche (1879-????)

Birthday March 27, 1879

• The temperature on March 27, 1879 was about -0.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 11 » The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
  • January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
  • February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
  • April 23 » Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
  • May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
  • December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

Source: Wikipedia

• 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)
• 1881 » Arkady Averchenko, Russian playwright and satirist († 1925)