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1878
1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).
Events
January - April
May - August
September - December
Unknown date
Births
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January 6 - Carl Sandburg, poet, historian (d. 1967)
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January 12 - Ferenc Molnár , author (d. 1952)
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January 20 - Ruth St. Denis, dancer (d. 1968)
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January 25 - Ernst Alexanderson, television pioneer
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February 2 - Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer
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February 5 - André Citroën, automobile pioneer
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February 8 - Martin Buber, philosopher
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February 14 - Hirota Koki, Japanese prime minister (d. 1948)
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February 26 - Emmy Destinn, opera singer (d. 1930)
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March 16 - Clemens August Graf von Galen, archbishop of Münster and cardinal (d. 1946)
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March 22 - Michel Théato, Luxembourg athlete
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March 27 - Sir George Gilbert Scott, architect
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March 31 - Jack Johnson, the first African American to hold a boxing title.
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April 6 - Erich Mühsam, German author (d. 1934)
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April 24 - Jean Crotti, Swiss artist
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April 28 - Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (d. 1951)
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May 10 - Gustav Stresemann, politician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in peace 1926 (d. 1929)
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May 26 - Isadora Duncan, dancer (d. 1927)
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June 1 - John Masefield, English poet and novelist (d. 1967)
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June 3 - Barney Oldfield, American automobile racer and pioneer (d. 1946)
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June 5 - Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1923)
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July 4 - George M. Cohan, singer, dancer, composer, actor, writer (d. 1942)
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July 24 - Edward Plunkett, Baron Dunsany, Irish author
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August 31 - Frank Jarvis, American athlete (d. 1933)
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September 13 - Matilde Moisant, pioneer aviatrix (d. 1964)
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September 22 - Yoshida Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1967)
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September 24 - C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (d. 1947)
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October 1 - Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist
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October 16 - Maxey Long, American athlete
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November 14 - Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957)
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November 17 - Grace Abbott, social worker, activist (d. 1939)
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December 25 - Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race driver and automobile builder (d. 1941)
- December 25 - Joseph Schenck, pioneer motion picture executive (d. 1961)
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December 31 - Elizabeth Arden, (d. 1966), beautician, and cosmetics entrepreneur
Deaths
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January 9 - King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)
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January 18 - Antoine César Becquerel, French scientist (b. 1788)
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February 7 - Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)
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February 11 - Gideon Welles, American politician (b. 1802)
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February 19 - Charles-Francois Daubigny, French painter (b. 1817)
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March 8 - Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (b. 1802)
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April 12 - William Marcy Tweed, American politician (b. 1823)
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April 25 - Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)
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May 28 - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, prime minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
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June 6 - Robert Stirling, Scottish clergyman and inventor (b. 1790)
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June 8 - Porter Rockwell, Mormon bodyguard (b. 1815)
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June 12 - George V of Hanover (b. 1819)
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November 28 - Orson Hyde, American religious leader (b. 1805)
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December 10 - Henry Wells, American businessman, founder of American Express and Wells Fargo (b. 1805)
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December 14 - Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine, daughter of Queen Victoria and consort of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
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Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1818)
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