Famous Birthdays In 1878

Nov 14 In the year 1878 birth of leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957)

Nov 15 In the year 1878 birth of bela Reinitz, composer

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 On this day in history birth of ernest J King, US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations (WW II)

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 On this day in history birth of georg Kaiser, writer

Nov 27 In the year 1878 birth of jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (d.1948).

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

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

Dec 01 Arthur B Spingarn, US NAACP-chairman (1940-65) was born on this day in history.

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

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

Dec 19 In the year 1878 birth of anton Lajovic, composer

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 on this day in history.

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 in the year 1878.

Dec 30 William Aberhart, Canadian politician (d. 1943) was born in the year 1878.

Dec 31 Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman (d. 1966) was born on this day in history.

Dec 31 On this day in history birth of horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)

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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 Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788) died in the year 1878.

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

Feb 01 George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 in the year 1878.

Feb 07 In the year 1878 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 17 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 in the year 1878.