Historical Events In 1878

Dec 12   In the year 1878 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   On this day in history anton Lajovic, composer  

Dec 25   In the year 1878 anna Claypoole Peale, US painter of miniatures, dies  

Dec 25   W Starling Burgess, yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise) on this day in history.  

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   Isaiah Bowman, US, geography/co-founder (Geographical Review) on this day in history.  

Dec 26   John Wanamaker installed electric lights in his department store in Philadelphia in the year 1878.  

Dec 28   Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)  

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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   In the year 1878 birth of augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961)  

Jan 06   Carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes) was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 06   Dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970) was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 11   Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926) was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk)  

Jan 07   François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Jan 18   Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788) died in the year 1878.  

Jan 19   Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 in the year 1878.  

Feb 01   On this day in history george Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85  

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

Feb 08   On this day in history elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83  

Feb 17   Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 on this day in history.