Historical Events In 1878

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

Aug 17   On this day in history richard Upjohn, US architect, died  

Aug 18   On this day in history 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 in the year 1878.  

Aug 23   On this day in history adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77  

Aug 27   Joseph John Richards, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 28   On this day in history george Hoyt Whipple, US, astrophysicist (Nobel-1934)  

Aug 30   In the year 1878 paul Hazard, French literature historian  

Aug 31   In the year 1878 albert Riemenschneider, composer  

Sep 01   1st female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston) on this day in history.  

Sep 01   The first female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston) on this day in history.  

Sep 02   Werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr on this day in history.  

Sep 03   On this day in history england's Princess Alice sinks; 645 die  

Sep 09   Jacobo Ficher, composer, dies at 18 on this day in history.  

Sep 12   In the year 1878 cleopatra Needle installed in London  

Sep 12   Friedrich August von Alberti, geologist (Triasic Age), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Sep 16   Karl Albiker, German sculptor (German Art, female nudes) in the year 1878.  

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   On this day in history upton Beall Sinclair, US writer (Jungle)  

Sep 22   Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese PM (most of 1946-54) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 30   First Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii in the year 1878.  

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   Louise Dresser, [Kerlin], Evansville IN, actress (Maid of Salem) in the year 1878.  

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

Oct 12   Karl Buresch, Austria politician on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1878 carlos Pedrell, composer  

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

Jan 11   On this day in history 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   In the year 1878 death of antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788)  

Jan 19   Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Feb 01   George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 in the year 1878.  

Feb 07   Pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85 in the year 1878.  

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.