Van Lerberghe genealogy » "Albert" Charles Emile Henri ("Albert" Charles Emile Henri) de LAME (1878-????)

Birthday January 5, 1878

• The temperature on January 5, 1878 was about 3.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
  • February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
  • March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
  • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
  • July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
  • September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
  • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1874 » Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1876 » Konrad Adenauer, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of West Germany († 1967)
• 1879 » Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician and academic († 1946)
• 1880 » Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist and composer († 1951)
• 1881 » Pablo Gargallo, Spanish sculptor and painter († 1934)
• 1882 » Herbert Bayard Swope, American journalist († 1958)