Page 9: Historical Events In 1878
Thursday, 04 December 2025
Dec 12 On this day in history joseph Pulitzer begins publishing "St Louis Dispatch" 


Dec 15 On this day in history hans Carossa, writer 


Dec 18 French SS Byzantin sinks after collision in Dardanellen, 210 killed in the year 1878. 


Dec 19 Anton Lajovic, composer on this day in history. 


Dec 25 Anna Claypoole Peale, US painter of miniatures, dies in the year 1878. 


Dec 25 W Starling Burgess, yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise) in the year 1878. 


Dec 26 On this day in history 1st US store to install electric lights, Philadelphia 


Dec 26 On this day in history first US store to install electric lights, Philadelphia 


Dec 26 On this day in history isaiah Bowman, US, geography/co-founder (Geographical Review) 


Dec 26 John Wanamaker installed electric lights in his department store in Philadelphia on this day in history. 


Dec 28 On this day in history jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90 


Dec 28 Pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism on this day in history. 


Dec 28 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism) in the year 1878. 


Dec 31 Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro) in the year 1878. 


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