{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1878

Aug 31 On this day in history birth of albert Riemenschneider, composer  

Aug 31 Frank Jarvis, American athlete (d. 1933) was born in the year 1878.  

Sep 01 Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1942) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 02 Werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr was born in the year 1878.  

Sep 09 Adelaide Crapsey, American poet (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 09 On this day in history birth of sergio Osmeña, 4th President of the Philippines (d. 1961)  

Sep 16 Karl Albiker, German sculptor (German Art, female nudes) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 17 In the year 1878 birth of vincenzo Tommasini, composer  

Sep 20 Upton Beall Sinclair, US writer (Jungle) was born in the year 1878.  

Sep 22 Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese PM (most of 1946-54) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 24 C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (d. 1947) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 01 Othmar Spann, Austria economist/sociologist (Geschichtsfilosofie) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 02 In the year 1878 birth of francois C Schlumberger, French physicist  

Oct 05 On this day in history birth of louise Dresser, [Kerlin], Evansville IN, actress (Maid of Salem)  

Oct 09 In the year 1878 birth of robert Warwick, [Bien], Sacramento CA, actor (Falcon's Adventure)  

Oct 12 On this day in history birth of karl Buresch, Austria politician  

Oct 13 Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian Roman Catholic priest (d. 1952) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 15 Paul Reynaud, premier France (May-June 1940) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 16 Carlos Pedrell, composer was born in the year 1878.  

Oct 16 On this day in history birth of maxey Long, American athlete (d. 1959)  

Oct 17 On this day in history birth of andrei N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai  

Oct 17 In the year 1878 birth of henri Mulet, composer  

Oct 18 James Truslow Adams, historian (Pul-1921, Founding of New England) was born in the year 1878.  

Oct 24 On this day in history birth of hermann Claudius, German folk poet (Meister Bertram)  

Oct 25 On this day in history birth of nico van Suchtelen, Dutch publisher  

Oct 29 Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general (China, WW II) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 01 Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentina, jurist (Nobel Peace Prize 1936) was born in the year 1878.  

Nov 01 In the year 1878 birth of konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (d. 1925)  

Nov 06 On this day in history birth of ernest Irving, composer  

Nov 07 On this day in history birth of lise Meitner, Austrian/Swedish physicist (Protactinium)  

Nov 08 Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, world champion cyclist (1899) was born in the year 1878.  

Nov 13 On this day in history birth of john C Kielstra, Dutch economist/governor of Suriname (1933-44)  

Nov 13 Max Dehn, German mathematician (d. 1952) was born in the year 1878.  

Nov 14 Julie Manet, French painter, daughter of Berthe Morisot (d. 1966) was born on this day in history.  

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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 in the year 1878.  

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 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