Historical Events In 1878

Mar 01   On this day in history first winter ascent of Aneto  

Mar 01   On this day in history gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer  

Mar 02   Wander J de Haas, Dutch physicist/son-in-law of Lorentz in the year 1878.  

Mar 03   On this day in history bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano)  

Mar 10   In the year 1878 karel van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God at Sea)  

Mar 12   Gemma Galgani, Italian saint on this day in history.  

Mar 13   In the year 1878 oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match  

Mar 13   On this day in history oxford defeats Cambridge in their first golf match  

Mar 14   In the year 1878 carel T Scharten, Dutch poet/writer (Forces of the Future)  

Mar 15   Hanson Carter, cricketer (Yorkshire Aussie WK of early 20th century) in the year 1878.  

Mar 16   Clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi in the year 1878.  

Mar 16   In the year 1878 william Banting, English undertaker, dies  

Mar 20   Postmaster-General John Delaney and meteorologist John Higgins install Newfoundland's first telephone in the year 1878.  

Mar 21   In the year 1878 thurlow Weed Lieurance, composer  

Mar 22   In the year 1878 in Victoria BC R. B. McMicking demonstrates Victoria's first 2 telephones  

Mar 23   In the year 1878 franz Schrecker, composer  

Mar 24   On this day in history albin Masek, composer, dies at 73  

Mar 24   British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 24   Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N-Naeff], Dutch writer in the year 1878.  

Mar 25   Henry graaf de Baillet-Latour, Belgian pres of IOC (1925-42) in the year 1878.  

Mar 26   Hastings College of Law founded in the year 1878.  

Mar 26   Sabi Game Reserve, world's first official designated game reserve, opens in the year 1878.  

Mar 27   Dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

Mar 27   Sir George Gilbert Scott, English architect whose designs include the Albert memorial in Hyde Park, London, dies in the year 1878.  

Mar 31   In the year 1878 jack Johnson is 1st black to hold a heavyweight boxing title  

Mar 31   Jack Johnson is first black to hold a heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.  

Mar 31   Jack Johnson,1st black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915) on this day in history.  

Apr 01   On this day in history carl Sternheim, German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa)  

Apr 01   In the year 1878 eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56  

Apr 02   1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper in the year 1878.  

Apr 05   Wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

Apr 06   On this day in history carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer  

Apr 06   In the year 1878 prosper Henry discovers asteroid #186 Celuta  

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Jan 01   In the year 1878 birth of edwin Franko Goldman, composer  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929)  

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 in the year 1878.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk)  

Jan 07   In the year 1878 death of françois-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794)  

Jan 09   In the year 1878 victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57  

Jan 18   On this day in history death of antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788)  

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

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   In the year 1878 jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59