Page 3: Historical Events In 1878

Mar 01   In the year 1878 first winter ascent of Aneto   

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

Mar 02   On this day in history wander J de Haas, Dutch physicist/son-in-law of Lorentz   

Mar 03   Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano) in the year 1878.   

Mar 10   Karel van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God at Sea) on this day in history.   

Mar 12   Gemma Galgani, Italian saint in the year 1878.   

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

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

Mar 14   Carel T Scharten, Dutch poet/writer (Forces of the Future) in the year 1878.   

Mar 15   Hanson Carter, cricketer (Yorkshire Aussie WK of early 20th century) on this day in history.   

Mar 16   Clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 21   Thurlow Weed Lieurance, composer on this day in history.   

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

Mar 23   On this day in history franz Schrecker, composer   

Mar 24   In the year 1878 albin Masek, composer, dies at 73   

Mar 24   On this day in history british frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost   

Mar 24   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Mar 25   On this day in history henry graaf de Baillet-Latour, Belgian pres of IOC (1925-42)   

Mar 26   Hastings College of Law founded on this day in history.   

Mar 26   Sabi Game Reserve, world's first official designated game reserve, opens on this day in history.   

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

Mar 27   On this day in history 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 in the year 1878.   

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

Mar 31   In the year 1878 jack Johnson,1st black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915)   

Apr 01   Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa) in the year 1878.   

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   On this day in history wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87   

Apr 06   In the year 1878 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   In the year 1878 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 in the year 1878.   

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

Jan 07   François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 17   Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 in the year 1878.