Historical Events In 1878
Sunday, 07 March 2021
Feb 01 On this day in history hattie Wyatt Caraway, politician/teacher/1st woman elected to senate
Feb 02 Christian Gauss, educator/writer (Phi Beta Kappa award namesake) on this day in history.
Feb 02 Greece declares war on Turkey on this day in history.
Feb 03 Joseph Gordon Coates, PM of New Zealand (1925-28) on this day in history.
Feb 06 On this day in history waclaw Gieburowski, composer
Feb 07 Ossip Gabrilovich, composer on this day in history.
Feb 07 On this day in history pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85
Feb 08 On this day in history elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83
Feb 08 Martin Buber, German/Israeli philosopher/theologist (Ich und Du) on this day in history.
Feb 10 On this day in history peace of Zanjón
Feb 10 In the year 1878 peace of Zanjón
Feb 10 Peter Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F, premieres in the year 1878.
Feb 11 In the year 1878 1st US bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms
Feb 11 First weekly Weather report published in UK on this day in history.
Feb 12 On this day in history frederick Thayer patents catcher's mask (pat # 200,358)
Feb 12 In the year 1878 frederick Thayer patents the catcher's mask (pat # 200,358)
Feb 16 On this day in history selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl)
Feb 16 On this day in history silver dollar became US legal tender
Feb 16 In the year 1878 the Silver Dollar was introduced as a U.S. coin.
Feb 17 1st telephone exchange in SF opens with 18 phones in the year 1878.
Feb 17 On this day in history jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59
Feb 18 On this day in history john Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
Feb 18 Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76 in the year 1878.
Feb 19 Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61 in the year 1878.
Feb 19 Thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph) in the year 1878.
Feb 19 Thomas Edison patents the phonograph on this day in history.
Feb 19 On this day in history thomas Edison receives a patent for his cylinder-playing music player (forerunner of the "modern day" phonograph).
Feb 21 1st telephone book issued, 50 subscribers (New Harbor, Connecticut) in the year 1878.
Feb 21 Fritz Cortolezis, composer on this day in history.
Feb 21 The first U.S. telephone directory is distributed (District Telephone Co., New Haven, CT) on this day in history.
Feb 22 On this day in history franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84
Feb 22 In the year 1878 greenback Labor Party formed (Toledo OH)
Feb 22 In the year 1878 greenback Labor Party forms (Toledo Ohio)
Feb 28 US congress authorizes large-size silver certificate in the year 1878.
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