Historical Events In 1878

Mar 01   On this day in history first winter ascent of Aneto   

Mar 01   In the year 1878 gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer   

Mar 02   Wander J de Haas, Dutch physicist/son-in-law of Lorentz on this day in history.   

Mar 03   In the year 1878 bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano)   

Mar 10   In the year 1878 karel van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God at Sea)   

Mar 12   In the year 1878 gemma Galgani, Italian saint   

Mar 13   On this day in history oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match   

Mar 13   In the year 1878 oxford defeats Cambridge in their first golf match   

Mar 14   On this day in history carel T Scharten, Dutch poet/writer (Forces of the Future)   

Mar 15   Hanson Carter, cricketer (Yorkshire Aussie WK of early 20th century) on this day in history.   

Mar 16   On this day in history clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi   

Mar 16   William Banting, English undertaker, dies on this day in history.   

Mar 20   Postmaster-General John Delaney and meteorologist John Higgins install Newfoundland's first telephone in the year 1878.   

Mar 21   On this day in history thurlow Weed Lieurance, composer   

Mar 22   On this day in history in Victoria BC R. B. McMicking demonstrates Victoria's first 2 telephones   

Mar 23   Franz Schrecker, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 24   In the year 1878 albin Masek, composer, dies at 73   

Mar 24   British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost in the year 1878.   

Mar 24   HMS Eurydice, a training ship, sank in a freak squall off Ventnor, Isle of Wight with the loss of 330 lives. Only 2 were saved on this day in history.   

Mar 24   Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N-Naeff], Dutch writer on this day in history.   

Mar 25   In the year 1878 henry graaf de Baillet-Latour, Belgian pres of IOC (1925-42)   

Mar 26   On this day in history hastings College of Law founded   

Mar 26   In the year 1878 sabi Game Reserve, world's first official designated game reserve, opens   

Mar 27   In the year 1878 dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44   

Mar 27   Sir George Gilbert Scott, English architect whose designs include the Albert memorial in Hyde Park, London, dies in the year 1878.   

Mar 31   Jack Johnson is 1st black to hold a heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

Mar 31   On this day in history jack Johnson is first black to hold a heavyweight boxing title   

Mar 31   Jack Johnson,1st black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915) in the year 1878.   

Apr 01   Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa) in the year 1878.   

Apr 01   In the year 1878 eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56   

Apr 02   On this day in history 1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper   

Apr 05   In the year 1878 wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87   

Apr 06   In the year 1878 carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer   

Apr 06   In the year 1878 prosper Henry discovers asteroid #186 Celuta   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of edwin Franko Goldman, composer   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929)   

Jan 04   Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes) was born in the year 1878.   

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

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926)   

Jan 12   In the year 1878 birth of ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk)   

Jan 07   François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 18   Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788) died in the year 1878.   

Jan 19   Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 in the year 1878.   

Feb 01   In the year 1878 george Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85   

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

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