Historical Events In 1878
Friday, 09 June 2023
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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