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1878 Historical Event(s)
January 9, 1878
– Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
February 19, 1878
– Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
March 24, 1878
– The British frigate HMS Eurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
June 4, 1878
– Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
July 1, 1878
– Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
September 1, 1878
– Emma Nutt becomes the world’s first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
September 3, 1878
– Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat SS Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
October 15, 1878
– The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
October 22, 1878
– The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.
November 17, 1878
– First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy.
Who Were Born On 1878?
January 19, 1878
– Herbert Chapman, English football player and manager (d. 1934)
January 30, 1878
– Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (d. 1940)
May 10, 1878
– Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1929)
May 21, 1878
– Glenn Curtiss, American aviation engineer (d. 1930)
May 24, 1878
– Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American engineer (d. 1972)
August 10, 1878
– Alfred Döblin, German writer (d. 1957)
October 15, 1878
– Paul Reynaud, French politician (d. 1966)
November 13, 1878
– Max Dehn, German mathematician (d. 1952)
November 21, 1878
– Gustav Radbruch, German law professor (d. 1949)
December 31, 1878
– Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman (d. 1966)