Historical Events In 1878

Mar 01   First winter ascent of Aneto on this day in history.   

Mar 01   On this day in history gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer   

Mar 02   On this day in history wander J de Haas, Dutch physicist/son-in-law of Lorentz   

Mar 03   In the year 1878 bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano)   

Mar 10   In the year 1878 karel van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God at Sea)   

Mar 12   Gemma Galgani, Italian saint in the year 1878.   

Mar 13   In the year 1878 oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match   

Mar 13   On this day in history oxford defeats Cambridge in their first golf match   

Mar 14   In the year 1878 carel T Scharten, Dutch poet/writer (Forces of the Future)   

Mar 15   Hanson Carter, cricketer (Yorkshire Aussie WK of early 20th century) in the year 1878.   

Mar 16   Clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi in the year 1878.   

Mar 16   William Banting, English undertaker, dies on this day in history.   

Mar 20   In the year 1878 postmaster-General John Delaney and meteorologist John Higgins install Newfoundland's first telephone.   

Mar 21   In the year 1878 thurlow Weed Lieurance, composer   

Mar 22   In the year 1878 in Victoria BC R. B. McMicking demonstrates Victoria's first 2 telephones   

Mar 23   Franz Schrecker, composer in the year 1878.   

Mar 24   Albin Masek, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Mar 24   On this day in history british frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost   

Mar 24   In the year 1878 hMS Eurydice, a training ship, sank in a freak squall off Ventnor, Isle of Wight with the loss of 330 lives. Only 2 were saved.   

Mar 24   In the year 1878 top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N-Naeff], Dutch writer   

Mar 25   Henry graaf de Baillet-Latour, Belgian pres of IOC (1925-42) in the year 1878.   

Mar 26   On this day in history hastings College of Law founded   

Mar 26   Sabi Game Reserve, world's first official designated game reserve, opens in the year 1878.   

Mar 27   Dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

Mar 27   Sir George Gilbert Scott, English architect whose designs include the Albert memorial in Hyde Park, London, dies in the year 1878.   

Mar 31   Jack Johnson is 1st black to hold a heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

Mar 31   On this day in history jack Johnson is first black to hold a heavyweight boxing title   

Mar 31   On this day in history jack Johnson,1st black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915)   

Apr 01   In the year 1878 carl Sternheim, German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa)   

Apr 01   Eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Apr 02   1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper on this day in history.   

Apr 05   On this day in history wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87   

Apr 06   On this day in history carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer   

Apr 06   Prosper Henry discovers asteroid #186 Celuta in the year 1878.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of edwin Franko Goldman, composer   

Jan 01   In the year 1878 birth of agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929)   

Jan 04   Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories) was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961)   

Jan 06   Carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970)   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926)   

Jan 12   Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died in the year 1878.   

Jan 09   On this day in history victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57   

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

Jan 19   In the year 1878 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   Pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85 in the year 1878.   

Feb 08   On this day in history elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83   

Feb 17   Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 on this day in history.