Historical Events In 1878

Dec 12   On this day in history joseph Pulitzer begins publishing "St Louis Dispatch"   

Dec 15   In the year 1878 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   In the year 1878 anna Claypoole Peale, US painter of miniatures, dies   

Dec 25   On this day in history w Starling Burgess, yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise)   

Dec 26   In the year 1878 1st US store to install electric lights, Philadelphia   

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

Dec 26   Isaiah Bowman, US, geography/co-founder (Geographical Review) in the year 1878.   

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

Dec 28   On this day in history jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90   

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

Dec 28   On this day in history pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism)   

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

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   On this day in history birth of dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970)   

Jan 11   Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk)   

Jan 07   In the year 1878 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   In the year 1878 henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67   

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

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