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 on this day in history.

Nov 17 Grace Abbott, Grand Island Neb, social worker (US Children Bureau) was born on this day in history.

Nov 21 On this day in history birth of gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice

Nov 23 On this day in history birth of andre Caplet, composer

Nov 23 Ernest J King, US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations (WW II) was born on this day in history.

Nov 23 In the year 1878 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 Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (d.1948) was born on this day in history.

Nov 27 In the year 1878 birth of mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer

Nov 28 Jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary (Hadewych) was born in the year 1878.

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

Dec 05 Arrigo Pedrollo, composer was born in the year 1878.

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 on this day in history.

Dec 15 Hans Carossa, writer was born in the year 1878.

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

Dec 21 Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish philosopher and mathematician (d. 1956) was born in the year 1878.

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 On this day in history birth of w Starling Burgess, yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise)

Dec 26 Isaiah Bowman, US, geography/co-founder (Geographical Review) was born on this day in history.

Dec 30 In the year 1878 birth of william Aberhart, Canadian politician (d. 1943)

Dec 31 On this day in history birth of elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman (d. 1966)

Dec 31 In the year 1878 birth of horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)

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Jan 07 In the year 1878 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 in the year 1878.

Jan 18 Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788) died on this day in history.

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

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 on this day in history.

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.