Page 3: Historical Events In 1878

Mar 01   inaugural winter ascent of Aneto.   

Mar 02   Wander J de Haas, Dutch physicist/son-in-law of Lorentz   

Mar 03   Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano).   

Mar 10   Karel van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God at Sea).   

Mar 12   Gemma Galgani, Italian saint.   

Mar 13   Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match.   

Mar 13   Oxford defeats Cambridge in their inaugural golf match   

Mar 14   Carel T Scharten, Dutch poet/writer (Forces of the Future)   

Mar 15   Hanson Carter, cricketer (Yorkshire Aussie WK of early 20th century)   

Mar 16   Clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi   

Mar 16   William Banting, English undertaker, dies.   

Mar 20   Postmaster-General John Delaney and meteorologist John Higgins install Newfoundland's inaugural telephone.   

Mar 21   Thurlow Weed Lieurance, composer.   

Mar 22   In Victoria BC R. B. McMicking demonstrates Victoria's inaugural 2 telephones.   

Mar 23   Franz Schrecker, composer   

Mar 24   Albin Masek, composer, dies at 73   

Mar 24   British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost   

Mar 24   HMS Eurydice, a training ship, sank in a freak squall off Ventnor, Isle of Wight with the loss of 330 lives. Only 2 were saved.   

Mar 24   Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N-Naeff], Dutch writer.   

Mar 25   Henry graaf de Baillet-Latour, Belgian pres of IOC (1925-42)   

Mar 26   Hastings College of Law founded.   

Mar 26   Sabi Game Reserve, world's inaugural official designated game reserve, opens   

Mar 27   Dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44.   

Mar 27   Sir George Gilbert Scott, English architect whose designs include the Albert memorial in Hyde Park, London, dies.   

Mar 31   Jack Johnson is 1st black to hold a heavyweight boxing title.   

Mar 31   Jack Johnson is inaugural black to hold a heavyweight boxing title   

Mar 31   Jack Johnson,1st black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915).   

Apr 01   Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa)   

Apr 01   Eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56   

Apr 02   1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper.   

Apr 05   Wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87.   

Apr 06   Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer   

Apr 06   Prosper Henry discovers asteroid #186 Celuta   

Apr 07   C M M Hathorn, cricketer (South African Test centurion in 1905-06)   

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Jan 01   Edwin Franko Goldman, composer was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 01   Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929) was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 04   Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories) was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 04   In the year 1878 birth of augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961)   

Jan 06   Carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 11   Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926) was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 12   Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk) was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   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.