Historical Events In 1878

Aug 17   Reg Duff, cricketer (Australian bat, century on debut 1902) in the year 1878.   

Aug 17   Richard Upjohn, US architect, died on this day in history.   

Aug 18   In the year 1878 fritz Brun, composer   

Aug 19   On this day in history manuel Luis Quezón y Molina, 1st president of Philippines (1935-42)   

Aug 21   American Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, NY on this day in history.   

Aug 23   Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Aug 27   On this day in history joseph John Richards, composer   

Aug 28   George Hoyt Whipple, US, astrophysicist (Nobel-1934) on this day in history.   

Aug 30   On this day in history paul Hazard, French literature historian   

Aug 31   Albert Riemenschneider, composer in the year 1878.   

Sep 01   1st female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston) in the year 1878.   

Sep 01   In the year 1878 the first female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston)   

Sep 02   In the year 1878 werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr   

Sep 03   On this day in history england's Princess Alice sinks; 645 die   

Sep 09   Jacobo Ficher, composer, dies at 18 on this day in history.   

Sep 12   Cleopatra Needle installed in London on this day in history.   

Sep 12   Friedrich August von Alberti, geologist (Triasic Age), dies at 83 in the year 1878.   

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

Sep 17   In the year 1878 vincenzo Tommasini, composer   

Sep 20   The birth of Upton Sinclair, American novelist in the year 1878.   

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

Sep 22   Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese PM (most of 1946-54) in the year 1878.   

Sep 30   1st Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii in the year 1878.   

Sep 30   In the year 1878 first Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii   

Oct 01   Othmar Spann, Austria economist/sociologist (Geschichtsfilosofie) in the year 1878.   

Oct 02   Francois C Schlumberger, French physicist in the year 1878.   

Oct 05   In the year 1878 louise Dresser, [Kerlin], Evansville IN, actress (Maid of Salem)   

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

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

Oct 15   Edison Electric Light Company incorporated on this day in history.   

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

Oct 16   On this day in history carlos Pedrell, composer   

Oct 17   In the year 1878 andrei N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai   

Oct 18   In the year 1878 edison makes electricity available for household usage   

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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   On this day in history birth of alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories)   

Jan 04   Augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961) was born in the year 1878.   

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

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 19   Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   On this day in history george Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85   

Feb 07   Pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85 in the year 1878.   

Feb 08   On this day in history elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83   

Feb 17   Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 in the year 1878.