Historical Events In 1878

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

Dec 15   On this day in history hans Carossa, writer   

Dec 18   In the year 1878 french SS Byzantin sinks after collision in Dardanellen, 210 killed   

Dec 19   In the year 1878 anton Lajovic, composer   

Dec 25   In the year 1878 anna Claypoole Peale, US painter of miniatures, dies   

Dec 25   In the year 1878 w Starling Burgess, yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise)   

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

Dec 26   First US store to install electric lights, Philadelphia in the year 1878.   

Dec 26   On this day in history isaiah Bowman, US, geography/co-founder (Geographical Review)   

Dec 26   In the year 1878 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   Pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism on this day in history.   

Dec 28   Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism) on this day in history.   

Dec 31   Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro) in the year 1878.   

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Jan 01   Edwin Franko Goldman, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929) was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 04   In the year 1878 birth of alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 11   Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926) was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 12   Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk) was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 07   In the year 1878 death of françois-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794)   

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

Jan 18   In the year 1878 death of antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788)   

Jan 19   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1878.   

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