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Birthday October 19, 1878

• The temperature on October 19, 1878 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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.
  • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
  • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
  • 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.
  • December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1873 » Bart King, American cricketer († 1965)
• 1873 » Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist († 1925)
• 1876 » Mihkel Pung, Estonian lawyer and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1941)
• 1876 » Mordecai Brown, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1945)
• 1879 » Emma Bell Miles, American writer, poet, and artist († 1919)
• 1882 » Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor († 1916)