Page 9: Historical Events In 1878

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

Dec 15   Hans Carossa, writer in the year 1878.   

Dec 18   French SS Byzantin sinks after collision in Dardanellen, 210 killed in the year 1878.   

Dec 19   On this day in history anton Lajovic, composer   

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

Dec 25   W Starling Burgess, yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise) on this day in history.   

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

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   John Wanamaker installed electric lights in his department store in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

Dec 28   Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

Dec 28   On this day in history pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism   

Dec 28   In the year 1878 pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism)   

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 in the year 1878.   

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

Jan 11   In the year 1878 birth of theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926)   

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

Jan 07   François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1878.   

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

Feb 01   George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 in the year 1878.   

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.