Historical Events In 1878

Oct 18   On this day in history james Truslow Adams, historian (Pul-1921, Founding of New England)  

Oct 21   German republic chancellor Bismarck delegates end of "Socialism" in the year 1878.  

Oct 22   The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton in the year 1878.  

Oct 24   Hermann Claudius, German folk poet (Meister Bertram) in the year 1878.  

Oct 25   Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer, dies at 89 in the year 1878.  

Oct 25   On this day in history nico van Suchtelen, Dutch publisher  

Oct 26   Australian bushranger Ned Kelly shoots and kills three police officers at Stringybark Creek, Victoria on this day in history.  

Oct 29   Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general (China, WW II) in the year 1878.  

Nov 01   On this day in history carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentina, jurist (Nobel Peace Prize 1936)  

Nov 01   Edward Scripps & John Sweeney found Penny Press (Cleveland Press) on this day in history.  

Nov 06   Ernest Irving, composer in the year 1878.  

Nov 06   Henrik Ibsens "Samfundets Stotter," premieres in Oslo on this day in history.  

Nov 07   Lise Meitner, Austrian/Swedish physicist (Protactinium) in the year 1878.  

Nov 08   On this day in history marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, world champion cyclist (1899)  

Nov 10   Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Bespridannitsa," premieres in Moscow on this day in history.  

Nov 13   In the year 1878 john C Kielstra, Dutch economist/governor of Suriname (1933-44)  

Nov 15   In the year 1878 bela Reinitz, composer  

Nov 17   First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy in the year 1878.  

Nov 17   Grace Abbott, Grand Island Neb, social worker (US Children Bureau) on this day in history.  

Nov 21   Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice on this day in history.  

Nov 23   In the year 1878 andre Caplet, composer  

Nov 24   Mark N Tod, English classicist/historian on this day in history.  

Nov 25   In the year 1878 georg Kaiser, writer  

Nov 27   Mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 28   On this day in history jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary (Hadewych)  

Nov 28   Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1878.  

Dec 01   1st White House telephone installed on this day in history.  

Dec 01   In the year 1878 arthur B Spingarn, US NAACP-chairman (1940-65)  

Dec 01   First White House telephone installed on this day in history.  

Dec 03   Settlers arrive at Petach Tikvah Israel on this day in history.  

Dec 05   On this day in history arrigo Pedrollo, composer  

Dec 07   On this day in history akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair)  

Dec 09   On this day in history joseph Pulitzer buys St Louis Dispatch for $2,500  

Dec 10   Rajaji, India's freedom fighter and the first Governor General of independent India (d.1972) in the year 1878.  

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

Jan 01   Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929) was born in the year 1878.  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961)  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67  

Feb 01   George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 08   Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Feb 17   On this day in history jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59