Historical Events In 1878

Feb 01   Hattie Wyatt Caraway, politician/teacher/1st woman elected to senate in the year 1878.   

Feb 02   In the year 1878 christian Gauss, educator/writer (Phi Beta Kappa award namesake)   

Feb 02   Greece declares war on Turkey on this day in history.   

Feb 03   On this day in history joseph Gordon Coates, PM of New Zealand (1925-28)   

Feb 06   Waclaw Gieburowski, composer in the year 1878.   

Feb 07   Ossip Gabrilovich, composer in the year 1878.   

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 08   Martin Buber, German/Israeli philosopher/theologist (Ich und Du) on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Peace of Zanjón on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Peace of Zanjón in the year 1878.   

Feb 10   On this day in history peter Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F, premieres   

Feb 11   1st US bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms in the year 1878.   

Feb 11   First weekly Weather report published in UK on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Frederick Thayer patents catcher's mask (pat # 200,358) in the year 1878.   

Feb 12   On this day in history frederick Thayer patents the catcher's mask (pat # 200,358)   

Feb 16   In the year 1878 selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl)   

Feb 16   Silver dollar became US legal tender in the year 1878.   

Feb 16   On this day in history the Silver Dollar was introduced as a U.S. coin.   

Feb 17   On this day in history 1st telephone exchange in SF opens with 18 phones   

Feb 17   Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Feb 18   In the year 1878 john Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.   

Feb 18   In the year 1878 peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76   

Feb 19   On this day in history charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61   

Feb 19   Thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph) in the year 1878.   

Feb 19   Thomas Edison patents the phonograph on this day in history.   

Feb 19   Thomas Edison receives a patent for his cylinder-playing music player (forerunner of the "modern day" phonograph) on this day in history.   

Feb 21   1st telephone book issued, 50 subscribers (New Harbor, Connecticut) in the year 1878.   

Feb 21   Fritz Cortolezis, composer in the year 1878.   

Feb 21   The first U.S. telephone directory is distributed (District Telephone Co., New Haven, CT) on this day in history.   

Feb 22   In the year 1878 franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84   

Feb 22   Greenback Labor Party formed (Toledo OH) on this day in history.   

Feb 22   In the year 1878 greenback Labor Party forms (Toledo Ohio)   

Feb 28   In the year 1878 uS congress authorizes large-size silver certificate   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of edwin Franko Goldman, composer   

Jan 01   Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1878 birth of alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories)   

Jan 04   Augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961) was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes)   

Jan 06   In the year 1878 birth of dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970)   

Jan 11   In the year 1878 birth of theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926)   

Jan 12   In the year 1878 birth of ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk)   

Jan 07   On this day in history death of françois-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.