Famous Birthdays In 1878

Apr 01 Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa) was born on this day in history.  

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

Apr 06 On this day in history birth of erich Mühsam, German author (d. 1934)  

Apr 07 In the year 1878 birth of c M M Hathorn, cricketer (South African Test centurion in 1905-06)  

Apr 07 In the year 1878 birth of jozef C Bittremieux, Flemish theologist (Virgin & Mother of God)  

Apr 08 Rudolf Nelson, composer was born in the year 1878.  

Apr 12 Richard B Goldschmidt, German/US zoologist was born in the year 1878.  

Apr 15 In the year 1878 birth of robert Walser, writer  

Apr 16 On this day in history birth of r E "Tip" Foster, cricketer (287 on debut England v Aust SCG 1903)  

Apr 21 In the year 1878 birth of albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist  

Apr 22 Kitty Gordon, Folkestone England, entertainer was born in the year 1878.  

Apr 24 In the year 1878 birth of jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958)  

Apr 26 Ethel Griffies, actress (Billy Liar, Birds, We Live Again) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 26 On this day in history birth of saint Rafael Guízar Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop  

Apr 27 In the year 1878 birth of frank Alvin Gotch, American professional wrestler (d. 1917)  

Apr 28 On this day in history birth of lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Free Soul, Dr Kildare)  

May 10 In the year 1878 birth of gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (1923, Nobel 1926)  

May 11 On this day in history birth of mr Reyskens, oldest male resident of Netherlands, ever  

May 14 On this day in history birth of james L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964)  

May 15 In the year 1878 birth of francisco Pujol, composer  

May 16 On this day in history birth of taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely)  

May 19 In the year 1878 birth of adam von Ahn Carse, composer  

May 21 Glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane) was born in the year 1878.  

May 21 Louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN) was born on this day in history.  

May 24 Lillian Moller Gilbreth, engineer (CIOS Gold Medal-1954) was born on this day in history.  

May 25 Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, actor (Stormy Weather, Little Colonel) was born in the year 1878.  

May 28 In the year 1878 birth of paul Pelliot, French sinologist (d. 1945)  

May 30 On this day in history birth of mike Donlin, American baseball player (d. 1933)  

Jun 01 John Masefield, England, 15th poet laureate (Salt-Water Ballads) was born in the year 1878.  

Jun 04 Frank N D Buchman, US theologist (Moral Rearmament) was born in the year 1878.  

Jun 05 Franklyn Farnum, actor (Cowboy & Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 05 [Francisco] Pancho Villa, Mexico, revolutionary/guerrilla leader was born in the year 1878.  

Jun 06 On this day in history birth of vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French criminal attorney (d. 1956)  

Jun 12 On this day in history birth of james O Curwood, US, journalist/writer (Kazan the wolfdog)  

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Jan 07 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 19 Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Feb 01 In the year 1878 george Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85  

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

Feb 08 Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83 in the year 1878.  

Feb 17 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 in the year 1878.