Page 9: Historical Events In 1878

Dec 25   Anna Claypoole Peale, US painter of miniatures, dies   

Dec 25   W Starling Burgess, yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise)   

Dec 26   1st US store to install electric lights, Philadelphia.   

Dec 26   inaugural US store to install electric lights, Philadelphia   

Dec 26   Isaiah Bowman, US, geography/co-founder (Geographical Review)   

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

Dec 28   In this year, Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism).   

Dec 28   Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90.   

Dec 28   Pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism.   

Dec 31   Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)   

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Jan 01   Edwin franko goldman: Composer   

Jan 01   Agner krarup erlang: Danish scientist and engineer    

Jan 04   Alfred edgar coppard: England, writer (black dogs & other stories)   

Jan 04   Augustus john: Welsh painter    

Jan 06   Carl sandburg: Us, poet/biographer of lincoln (the people, yes)   

Jan 06   Dame adeline genée: Danish-british ballerina    

Jan 11   Theodorus pangalos: Greek general/dictator (1926)   

Jan 12   Ferenc molnar: Hungarian/us playwright (a pal utrai fiuk)   

Jan 07   François-vincent raspail: French chemist (b. 1794)   

Jan 09   Victor emmanuel ii: King of sard (1849-61)/italy (1861-78),   

Jan 18   Antoine césar becquerel: French physicist (b. 1788)   

Jan 19   Henri v regnault: French physicist/chemist,    

Feb 01   George cruikshank: English illustrator (grimm),   

Feb 07   Pius ix: "pio nono", [giovanni ferretti], pope (1846-78),    

Feb 08   Elias m fries: Swedish botanist (mycologicum),    

Feb 17   Jose amador de los rios: Spanish historian/poet,