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 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.

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 Mark N Tod, English classicist/historian was born on this day in history.

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 On this day in history birth of arthur B Spingarn, US NAACP-chairman (1940-65)

Dec 05 In the year 1878 birth of arrigo Pedrollo, composer

Dec 07 On this day in history birth of akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair)

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 In the year 1878 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 on this day in history.

Dec 30 In the year 1878 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 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 on this day in history.

Jan 18 Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788) died in the year 1878.

Jan 19 Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 in the year 1878.

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 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 in the year 1878.