Page 9: Historical Events In 1878
Sunday, 14 December 2025
Dec 12 Joseph Pulitzer begins publishing "St Louis Dispatch" in the year 1878. 


Dec 15 Hans Carossa, writer in the year 1878. 


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


Dec 19 On this day in history anton Lajovic, composer 


Dec 25 Anna Claypoole Peale, US painter of miniatures, dies on this day in history. 


Dec 25 On this day in history w Starling Burgess, yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise) 


Dec 26 In the year 1878 1st US store to install electric lights, Philadelphia 


Dec 26 In the year 1878 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 On this day in history john Wanamaker installed electric lights in his department store in Philadelphia. 


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


Dec 28 Pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism in the year 1878. 


Dec 28 On this day in history pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism) 


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


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