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   On this day in history french SS Byzantin sinks after collision in Dardanellen, 210 killed   

Dec 19   On this day in history anton Lajovic, composer   

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

Dec 25   In the year 1878 w Starling Burgess, yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise)   

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

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

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   In the year 1878 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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Jan 01   Edwin Franko Goldman, composer was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 01   Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929) was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 04   Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories) was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 04   Augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961) was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 06   In the year 1878 birth of carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes)   

Jan 06   Dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970) was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history death of françois-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794)   

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   On this day in history henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67   

Feb 01   George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 in the year 1878.   

Feb 07   On this day in history pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85   

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

Feb 17   On this day in history jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59