Famous Birthdays In 1878

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

Nov 15 Bela Reinitz, composer was born in the year 1878.

Nov 17 In the year 1878 birth of grace Abbott, Grand Island Neb, social worker (US Children Bureau)

Nov 21 In the year 1878 birth of gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice

Nov 23 Andre Caplet, composer was born in the year 1878.

Nov 23 Ernest J King, US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations (WW II) was born in the year 1878.

Nov 23 Holcombe Ward, tennis champ (US Open-1904) was born on this day in history.

Nov 24 Mark N Tod, English classicist/historian was born in the year 1878.

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 In the year 1878 birth of mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer

Nov 28 In the year 1878 birth of jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary (Hadewych)

Dec 01 In the year 1878 birth of arthur B Spingarn, US NAACP-chairman (1940-65)

Dec 05 On this day in history birth of arrigo Pedrollo, composer

Dec 07 Akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair) was born in the year 1878.

Dec 10 In the year 1878 birth of rajaji, India's freedom fighter and the first Governor General of independent India (d.1972)

Dec 15 In the year 1878 birth of hans Carossa, writer

Dec 19 Anton Lajovic, composer was born in the year 1878.

Dec 21 On this day in history birth of jan Łukasiewicz, Polish philosopher and mathematician (d. 1956)

Dec 23 On this day in history birth of stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (d. 1972)

Dec 25 In the year 1878 birth of louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver (d. 1941)

Dec 25 W Starling Burgess, yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise) was born on this day in history.

Dec 26 Isaiah Bowman, US, geography/co-founder (Geographical Review) was born in the year 1878.

Dec 30 On this day in history birth of william Aberhart, Canadian politician (d. 1943)

Dec 31 Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman (d. 1966) was born in the year 1878.

Dec 31 Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro) was born in the year 1878.

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Jan 07 François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died on this day in history.

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

Jan 18 On this day in history 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 George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 on this day in history.

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

Feb 08 In the year 1878 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.