Famous Birthdays In 1878

Nov 14 On this day in history birth of leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957)  

Nov 15 On this day in history birth of bela Reinitz, composer  

Nov 17 Grace Abbott, Grand Island Neb, social worker (US Children Bureau) was born in the year 1878.  

Nov 21 In the year 1878 birth of gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice  

Nov 23 In the year 1878 birth of andre Caplet, composer  

Nov 23 On this day in history birth of ernest J King, US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations (WW II)  

Nov 23 Holcombe Ward, tennis champ (US Open-1904) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 24 In the year 1878 birth of mark N Tod, English classicist/historian  

Nov 25 Georg Kaiser, writer was born in the year 1878.  

Nov 27 On this day in history birth of jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (d.1948).  

Nov 27 Mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer was born on this day in history.  

Nov 28 Jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary (Hadewych) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 01 On this day in history birth of arthur B Spingarn, US NAACP-chairman (1940-65)  

Dec 05 Arrigo Pedrollo, composer was born on this day in history.  

Dec 07 Akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 10 Rajaji, India's freedom fighter and the first Governor General of independent India (d.1972) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 15 In the year 1878 birth of hans Carossa, writer  

Dec 19 In the year 1878 birth of anton Lajovic, composer  

Dec 21 Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish philosopher and mathematician (d. 1956) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 23 Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (d. 1972) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 25 Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver (d. 1941) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 25 W Starling Burgess, yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 26 In the year 1878 birth of isaiah Bowman, US, geography/co-founder (Geographical Review)  

Dec 30 William Aberhart, Canadian politician (d. 1943) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 31 In the year 1878 birth of elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman (d. 1966)  

Dec 31 In the year 1878 birth of horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)  

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Jan 07 François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died in the year 1878.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.