Historical Events In 1878
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Feb 01 On this day in history hattie Wyatt Caraway, politician/teacher/1st woman elected to senate
Feb 02 On this day in history christian Gauss, educator/writer (Phi Beta Kappa award namesake)
Feb 02 Greece declares war on Turkey in the year 1878.
Feb 03 Joseph Gordon Coates, PM of New Zealand (1925-28) in the year 1878.
Feb 06 On this day in history waclaw Gieburowski, composer
Feb 07 Ossip Gabrilovich, composer in the year 1878.
Feb 07 Pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85 in the year 1878.
Feb 08 Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83 in the year 1878.
Feb 08 In the year 1878 martin Buber, German/Israeli philosopher/theologist (Ich und Du)
Feb 10 Peace of Zanjón in the year 1878.
Feb 10 On this day in history peace of Zanjón
Feb 10 In the year 1878 peter Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F, premieres
Feb 11 In the year 1878 1st US bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms
Feb 11 In the year 1878 first weekly Weather report published in UK
Feb 12 On this day in history frederick Thayer patents catcher's mask (pat # 200,358)
Feb 12 Frederick Thayer patents the catcher's mask (pat # 200,358) in the year 1878.
Feb 16 On this day in history selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl)
Feb 16 Silver dollar became US legal tender in the year 1878.
Feb 16 The Silver Dollar was introduced as a U.S. coin on this day in history.
Feb 17 1st telephone exchange in SF opens with 18 phones on this day in history.
Feb 17 In the year 1878 jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59
Feb 18 John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico on this day in history.
Feb 18 In the year 1878 peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76
Feb 19 On this day in history charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61
Feb 19 Thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph) on this day in history.
Feb 19 In the year 1878 thomas Edison patents the phonograph
Feb 19 On this day in history thomas Edison receives a patent for his cylinder-playing music player (forerunner of the "modern day" phonograph).
Feb 21 1st telephone book issued, 50 subscribers (New Harbor, Connecticut) in the year 1878.
Feb 21 Fritz Cortolezis, composer on this day in history.
Feb 21 The first U.S. telephone directory is distributed (District Telephone Co., New Haven, CT) in the year 1878.
Feb 22 Franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.
Feb 22 Greenback Labor Party formed (Toledo OH) in the year 1878.
Feb 22 Greenback Labor Party forms (Toledo Ohio) on this day in history.
Feb 28 US congress authorizes large-size silver certificate in the year 1878.
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