Historical Events In 1878

Dec 12   Joseph Pulitzer begins publishing "St Louis Dispatch" in the year 1878.  

Dec 15   In the year 1878 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 on this day in history.  

Dec 25   On this day in history 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   First US store to install electric lights, Philadelphia on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1878.  

Dec 28   Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90 in the year 1878.  

Dec 28   On this day in history pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism  

Dec 28   Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism) on this day in history.  

Dec 31   In the year 1878 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   In the year 1878 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   In the year 1878 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   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   Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died in the year 1878.  

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

Jan 18   On this day in history death of antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788)  

Jan 19   In the year 1878 henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67  

Feb 01   George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 08   Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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