Page 3: Historical Events In 1878

Mar 01   First winter ascent of Aneto on this day in history.   

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

Mar 02   On this day in history wander J de Haas, Dutch physicist/son-in-law of Lorentz   

Mar 03   Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano) on this day in history.   

Mar 10   In the year 1878 karel van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God at Sea)   

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

Mar 13   On this day in history oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match   

Mar 13   Oxford defeats Cambridge in their first golf match on this day in history.   

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

Mar 15   In the year 1878 hanson Carter, cricketer (Yorkshire Aussie WK of early 20th century)   

Mar 16   Clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi in the year 1878.   

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

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

Mar 21   In the year 1878 thurlow Weed Lieurance, composer   

Mar 22   In the year 1878 in Victoria BC R. B. McMicking demonstrates Victoria's first 2 telephones   

Mar 23   On this day in history franz Schrecker, composer   

Mar 24   On this day in history albin Masek, composer, dies at 73   

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   On this day in history henry graaf de Baillet-Latour, Belgian pres of IOC (1925-42)   

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   Dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44 in the year 1878.   

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

Mar 31   In the year 1878 jack Johnson is 1st black to hold a heavyweight boxing title   

Mar 31   Jack Johnson is first black to hold a heavyweight boxing title in the year 1878.   

Mar 31   On this day in history jack Johnson,1st black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915)   

Apr 01   Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa) in the year 1878.   

Apr 01   Eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 05   Wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

Apr 06   In the year 1878 carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer   

Apr 06   Prosper Henry discovers asteroid #186 Celuta in the year 1878.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1878 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   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 in the year 1878.   

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

Jan 06   Dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970) was born in the year 1878.   

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   In the year 1878 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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.