Page 7: Historical Events In 1878

Aug 17   Reg Duff, cricketer (Australian bat, century on debut 1902) on this day in history.   

Aug 17   Richard Upjohn, US architect, died in the year 1878.   

Aug 18   In the year 1878 fritz Brun, composer   

Aug 19   On this day in history manuel Luis Quezón y Molina, 1st president of Philippines (1935-42)   

Aug 21   American Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, NY on this day in history.   

Aug 23   Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Aug 27   In the year 1878 joseph John Richards, composer   

Aug 28   George Hoyt Whipple, US, astrophysicist (Nobel-1934) on this day in history.   

Aug 30   On this day in history paul Hazard, French literature historian   

Aug 31   Albert Riemenschneider, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 01   1st female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston) in the year 1878.   

Sep 01   The first female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston) in the year 1878.   

Sep 02   Werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr in the year 1878.   

Sep 03   England's Princess Alice sinks; 645 die on this day in history.   

Sep 09   Jacobo Ficher, composer, dies at 18 in the year 1878.   

Sep 12   Cleopatra Needle installed in London on this day in history.   

Sep 12   Friedrich August von Alberti, geologist (Triasic Age), dies at 83 in the year 1878.   

Sep 16   On this day in history karl Albiker, German sculptor (German Art, female nudes)   

Sep 17   Vincenzo Tommasini, composer in the year 1878.   

Sep 20   The birth of Upton Sinclair, American novelist on this day in history.   

Sep 20   Upton Beall Sinclair, US writer (Jungle) in the year 1878.   

Sep 22   In the year 1878 shigeru Yoshida, Japanese PM (most of 1946-54)   

Sep 30   On this day in history 1st Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii   

Sep 30   In the year 1878 first Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii   

Oct 01   Othmar Spann, Austria economist/sociologist (Geschichtsfilosofie) on this day in history.   

Oct 02   In the year 1878 francois C Schlumberger, French physicist   

Oct 05   In the year 1878 louise Dresser, [Kerlin], Evansville IN, actress (Maid of Salem)   

Oct 09   Robert Warwick, [Bien], Sacramento CA, actor (Falcon's Adventure) on this day in history.   

Oct 12   In the year 1878 karl Buresch, Austria politician   

Oct 15   Edison Electric Light Company incorporated in the year 1878.   

Oct 15   In the year 1878 paul Reynaud, premier France (May-June 1940)   

Oct 16   Carlos Pedrell, composer in the year 1878.   

Oct 17   Andrei N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai in the year 1878.   

Oct 18   On this day in history edison makes electricity available for household usage   

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

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories)   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1878 birth of carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes)   

Jan 06   Dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970) was born on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1878.   

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

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.