1878

Years:
1875 1876 1877 - 1878 - 1879 1880 1881

Decades:
1840s 1850s 1860s - 1870s - 1880s 1890s 1900s

Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century

1878 in topic:
Arts
Architecture - Art - Literature - Music
Other topics
Canada - Rail transport - Science - South Africa - Sport

Lists of leaders:
Colonial governors - State leaders

1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).

Contents

1 Events

1.1 January - April
1.2 May - August
1.3 September - December
1.4 Unknown date

2 Births

3 Deaths

Events

January - April

January – Cleopatra's Needle arrives in London
January 9 - Humbert I becomes King of Italy
January 23 – Disraeli orders British fleet to Dardanelles
January 28 - The Yale News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States.
January 31 - Turkey agrees to armistice at Adrianople
February 2 - Greece declares war on Turkey.
February 8 - British fleet enters Turkish waters and anchors off Constantinople - Russia threatens to occupy Constantinople but does not carry out the threat
February 11 - 1st US bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms.
February 11 - 1st weekly Weather report published in UK
February 18 - The Lincoln County War begins in Lincoln County, New Mexico
February 19 - The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison
February 24 - Anti-Russian demonstrations in Hyde Park, London
February 28 - Mississippi State University is created by the Mississippi Legislature (under the name The Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi)
March 3 - Bulgaria regained its independence from Ottoman Empire.
March 3 - Russia arranges Pan-Slavist peace treaty with Turkey at San Stefano
March 24 - The UK frigate Eurydice sinks, killing 300.
March 25 - Russia rejects British proposal to lay San Stefano treaty before European congress
March 27 - In anticipation with war with Russia, Disraeli mobilizes the reserves and calls up Indian troops to Malta

May - August

May 15 - Tokyo Stock Exchange established
June 4 - Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
June 12 - July 12 - Congress of Berlin about Turkey
July 13 - The Treaty of Berlin makes Serbia completely independent
July 26 - In California, the poet and American West outlaw calling himself "Black Bart" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box will be found later with a taunting poem inside.

September - December

September 3 - Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
October 1 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) opens as Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College.
October 14 - The worlds first recorded floodlit football fixture is played at Bramall Lane in Sheffield
October 15 - The Edison Electric Company begins operation.
October 17 - John A. Macdonald returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada.

Unknown date

Newton Heath founded in that year. Later the team was renamed as Manchester United.
Yellow fever in Mississippi Valley - over 13.000 dead
US arbitration rejects Argentinean claims to Paraguay's part of Chaco region
West Bromwich Albion F.C. play their first match.
The Hindu founded

Births

January 6 - Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (d. 1967)
January 12 - Ferenc Moln�r, author (d. 1952)
January 20 - Ruth St. Denis, dancer (d. 1968)
January 25 - Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-born television pioneer (d. 1975)
February 2 - Alfr�d Haj�s, Hungarian swimmer and architect (d. 1955)
February 5 - Andr� Citro�n, French automobile manufacturer (d. 1935)
February 8 - Martin Buber, Austrian philosopher (d. 1965)
February 14 - Hirota Koki, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
February 26 - Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano (d. 1930)
March 16 - Clemens August Graf von Galen, Archbishop of M�nster and cardinal (d. 1946)
March 22 - Michel Théato, Luxembourg athlete (d. 1919)
March 31 - Jack Johnson, American boxer (d. 1946)
April 6 - Erich M�hsam, German author (d. 1934)
April 24 - Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958)
April 28 - Lionel Barrymore, American actor (d. 1954)
April 28 - Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (d. 1951)
May 10 - Gustav Stresemann, German politician and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1929)
May 26 - Isadora Duncan, American dancer (d. 1927)
June 1 - John Masefield, English poet and novelist (d. 1967)
June 3 - Barney Oldfield, American automobile racer and pioneer (d. 1946)
June 5 - Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1923)
July 4 - George M. Cohan, American singer, dancer, composer, actor, and writer (d. 1942)
July 24 - Edward Plunkett, Baron Dunsany, Irish author (d. 1957)
August 10 - Alfred D�blin, German writer (d. 1957)
August 31 - Frank Jarvis, American athlete (d. 1933)
September 13 - Matilde Moisant, American pilot (d. 1964)
September 22 - Yoshida Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1967)
September 24 - C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (d. 1947)
October 1 - Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist (d. 1950)
October 16 - Maxey Long, American athlete (d. 1959)
November 14 - Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957)
November 17 - Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (d. 1939)
December 25 - Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race driver and automobile builder (d. 1941)
December 25 - Joseph Schenck, Russian-born film executive (d. 1961)
December 31 - Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-born beautician and cosmetics entrepreneur (d. 1966)

Deaths

January 9 - King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)
January 18 - Antoine C�sar Becquerel, French scientist (b. 1788)
February 7 - Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)
February 11 - Gideon Welles, American politician (b. 1802)
February 19 - Charles-Francois Daubigny, French painter (b. 1817)
March 8 - Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (b. 1802)
April 12 - William Marcy Tweed, American politician (b. 1823)
April 25 - Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)
May 28 - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
June 6 - Robert Stirling, Scottish clergyman and inventor (b. 1790)
June 8 - Porter Rockwell, Mormon bodyguard (b. 1815)
June 12 - George V of Hanover (b. 1819)
July 17 - Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (b. 1812)
November 28 - Orson Hyde, American religious leader (b. 1805)
December 10 - Henry Wells, American businessman (b. 1805)
December 14 - Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1843)
Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1818)