Page 8: Historical Events In 1878

Oct 24   Hermann Claudius, German folk poet (Meister Bertram).   

Oct 25   Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer, dies at 89.   

Oct 25   Nico van Suchtelen, Dutch publisher   

Oct 26   Australian bushranger Ned Kelly shoots and results in the deaths of three police officers at Stringybark Creek, Victoria   

Oct 29   Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general (China, WW II).   

Nov 01   Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentina, jurist (Nobel Peace Prize 1936)   

Nov 01   Edward Scripps and John Sweeney are discovered Penny Press (Cleveland Press).   

Nov 06   Ernest Irving, composer.   

Nov 06   Henrik Ibsens "Samfundets Stotter," premieres in Oslo   

Nov 07   Lise Meitner, Austrian/Swedish physicist (Protactinium).   

Nov 08   Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, world champion cyclist (1899)   

Nov 10   Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Bespridannitsa," premieres in Moscow   

Nov 13   John C Kielstra, Dutch economist/governor of Suriname (1933-44)   

Nov 15   Bela Reinitz, composer.   

Nov 17   Grace Abbott, Grand Island Neb, social worker (US Children Bureau).   

Nov 17   inaugural assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy   

Nov 21   Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice   

Nov 23   Andre Caplet, composer   

Nov 24   Mark N Tod, English classicist/historian   

Nov 25   Georg Kaiser, writer   

Nov 27   Mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer.   

Nov 28   Jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary (Hadewych).   

Nov 28   Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, composer, dies at 78   

Dec 01   1st White House telephone installed.   

Dec 01   Arthur B Spingarn, US NAACP-chairman (1940-65).   

Dec 01   inaugural White House telephone installed   

Dec 03   Settlers arrive at Petach Tikvah Israel.   

Dec 05   Arrigo Pedrollo, composer   

Dec 07   Akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair)   

Dec 09   Joseph Pulitzer buys St Louis Dispatch for $2500.   

Dec 10   Rajaji, India's freedom fighter and the inaugural Governor General of independent India (d.1972)   

Dec 12   Joseph Pulitzer begins publishing "St Louis Dispatch".   

Dec 15   Hans Carossa, writer.   

Dec 18   French SS Byzantin sinks after collision in Dardanellen, 210 killed   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of edwin Franko Goldman, composer   

Jan 01   Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1878.   

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

Jan 12   In the year 1878 birth of ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk)   

Jan 07   François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died in the year 1878.   

Jan 09   In the year 1878 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   On this day in history george Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85   

Feb 07   In the year 1878 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 on this day in history.