Page 9: Historical Events In 1878

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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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   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   On this day in history birth of dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970)   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926)   

Jan 12   Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk) was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 07   In the year 1878 death of françois-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794)   

Jan 09   In the year 1878 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   In the year 1878 elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83   

Feb 17   In the year 1878 jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59