Famous Birthdays In 1878

Nov 14 Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957) was born in the year 1878.  

Nov 15 On this day in history birth of bela Reinitz, composer  

Nov 17 Grace Abbott, Grand Island Neb, social worker (US Children Bureau) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 21 Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice was born on this day in history.  

Nov 23 Andre Caplet, composer was born on this day in history.  

Nov 23 Ernest J King, US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations (WW II) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 23 On this day in history birth of holcombe Ward, tennis champ (US Open-1904)  

Nov 24 On this day in history birth of mark N Tod, English classicist/historian  

Nov 25 In the year 1878 birth of georg Kaiser, writer  

Nov 27 On this day in history birth of jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (d.1948).  

Nov 27 On this day in history birth of mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer  

Nov 28 Jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary (Hadewych) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 01 Arthur B Spingarn, US NAACP-chairman (1940-65) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 05 Arrigo Pedrollo, composer was born on this day in history.  

Dec 07 In the year 1878 birth of akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair)  

Dec 10 Rajaji, India's freedom fighter and the first Governor General of independent India (d.1972) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 15 On this day in history birth of hans Carossa, writer  

Dec 19 Anton Lajovic, composer was born on this day in history.  

Dec 21 Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish philosopher and mathematician (d. 1956) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 23 Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (d. 1972) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 25 Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver (d. 1941) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 25 In the year 1878 birth of w Starling Burgess, yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise)  

Dec 26 Isaiah Bowman, US, geography/co-founder (Geographical Review) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 30 William Aberhart, Canadian politician (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 31 In the year 1878 birth of elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman (d. 1966)  

Dec 31 In the year 1878 birth of horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)  

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Jan 07 In the year 1878 death of françois-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794)  

Jan 09 Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57 in the year 1878.  

Jan 18 In the year 1878 death of antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788)  

Jan 19 On this day in history henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67  

Feb 01 On this day in history george Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85  

Feb 07 On this day in history pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85  

Feb 08 In the year 1878 elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83  

Feb 17 On this day in history jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59