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1878 Historical Event(s)
February 18, 1878
– John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
February 21, 1878
– The first telephone book is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
March 3, 1878
– The Russo-Turkish War ends as Bulgaria regains its independence from Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano; shortly after Congress of Berlin stripped its status to an autonomous state of the Ottoman Empire.
June 4, 1878
– Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
June 10, 1878
– League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stephano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Greece.
July 4, 1878
– Thoroughbred horses Ten Broeck and Mollie McCarty run a match race, immortalized in the song Molly and Tenbrooks.
July 5, 1878
– The coat of arms of the Baku governorate is established.
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.
Who Were Born On 1878?
January 25, 1878
– Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish television pioneer (d. 1975)
February 1, 1878
– Milan Hodža, Slovak politician (d. 1944)
February 16, 1878
– Pamela Colman Smith, British writer and occultist (d. 1951)
May 24, 1878
– Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American engineer (d. 1972)
June 2, 1878
– Wallace Hartley, English violinist (d. 1912)
June 6, 1878
– Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French criminal attorney (d. 1956)
July 29, 1878
– Don Marquis, American author (d. 1937)
August 17, 1878
– Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
September 9, 1878
– Sergio Osmeña, 4th President of the Philippines (d. 1961)
December 23, 1878
– Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (d. 1972)