Page 3: Historical Events In 1878

Mar 01   First winter ascent of Aneto in the year 1878.   

Mar 01   On this day in history gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer   

Mar 02   Wander J de Haas, Dutch physicist/son-in-law of Lorentz in the year 1878.   

Mar 03   In the year 1878 bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano)   

Mar 10   On this day in history karel van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God at Sea)   

Mar 12   On this day in history gemma Galgani, Italian saint   

Mar 13   Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match in the year 1878.   

Mar 13   On this day in history oxford defeats Cambridge in their first golf match   

Mar 14   In the year 1878 carel T Scharten, Dutch poet/writer (Forces of the Future)   

Mar 15   On this day in history hanson Carter, cricketer (Yorkshire Aussie WK of early 20th century)   

Mar 16   On this day in history clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi   

Mar 16   William Banting, English undertaker, dies on this day in history.   

Mar 20   In the year 1878 postmaster-General John Delaney and meteorologist John Higgins install Newfoundland's first telephone.   

Mar 21   Thurlow Weed Lieurance, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 22   On this day in history in Victoria BC R. B. McMicking demonstrates Victoria's first 2 telephones   

Mar 23   In the year 1878 franz Schrecker, composer   

Mar 24   Albin Masek, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Mar 24   In the year 1878 british frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost   

Mar 24   HMS Eurydice, a training ship, sank in a freak squall off Ventnor, Isle of Wight with the loss of 330 lives. Only 2 were saved on this day in history.   

Mar 24   Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N-Naeff], Dutch writer on this day in history.   

Mar 25   Henry graaf de Baillet-Latour, Belgian pres of IOC (1925-42) on this day in history.   

Mar 26   Hastings College of Law founded on this day in history.   

Mar 26   On this day in history sabi Game Reserve, world's first official designated game reserve, opens   

Mar 27   In the year 1878 dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44   

Mar 27   Sir George Gilbert Scott, English architect whose designs include the Albert memorial in Hyde Park, London, dies in the year 1878.   

Mar 31   On this day in history jack Johnson is 1st black to hold a heavyweight boxing title   

Mar 31   In the year 1878 jack Johnson is first black to hold a heavyweight boxing title   

Mar 31   Jack Johnson,1st black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915) in the year 1878.   

Apr 01   In the year 1878 carl Sternheim, German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa)   

Apr 01   In the year 1878 eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56   

Apr 02   1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper in the year 1878.   

Apr 05   On this day in history wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87   

Apr 06   On this day in history carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer   

Apr 06   Prosper Henry discovers asteroid #186 Celuta on this day in history.   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories) was born on this day in history.   

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   Dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926)   

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

Jan 18   On this day in history death of antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788)   

Jan 19   Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 in the year 1878.   

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

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

Feb 08   In the year 1878 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.