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

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   On this day in history first US store to install electric lights, Philadelphia  

Dec 26   In the year 1878 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   Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90 in the year 1878.  

Dec 28   In the year 1878 pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism  

Dec 28   Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism) in the year 1878.  

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   Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961)  

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

Jan 06   In the year 1878 birth of dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970)  

Jan 11   In the year 1878 birth of theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926)  

Jan 12   Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk) was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 07   On this day in history death of françois-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794)  

Jan 09   In the year 1878 victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 07   In the year 1878 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   On this day in history jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59