In history, year 1878 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1878.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1878:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 18 february | Competition between two merchants in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, US, turned into a range war when a member of one faction was murdered by the other. |
| 25 may | Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opened at the Opera Comique in London. |
| 15 june | Eadweard Muybridge took a series of photographs to prove thatall four feet of a horse leave the ground when it gallops; the study became the basis of motion pictures. |
| 13 july | At the conclusion of the Congress of Berlin, the major powersin Europe signed the Treaty of Berlin, redrawing the map of the Balkans. |
| 01 september | Hired by Alexander Graham Bell, Emma Nutt became the world'sfirst female telephone operator. |
| 31 May | The sinking of the German warship SMS Groसरer Karfurst killed 284 people. |
| 28 July | At the conclusion of the Berlin Conference, the Berlin Agreement was signed between the Russians Germany, France, Britain and Austria. |
| 17 October | John A. McDonald was once again elected Prime Minister of Canada after playing the role of opposition in government for five years. |
| 18 October | Thomas Elva Edison provided electricity for domestic use. |
| 10 December | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, the last Governor General of India, was born. |
| 25 December | Doctor Charles Drysdale, writing an article, first reported the damage caused by tobacco. |
| 28 January | First telephone exchange formed in New Haven, USA. |
| 17 February | The first telephone exchange opened in the city of San Francisco. |
| 21 February | First telephone directory was released in Connecticut, USA. |
| 13 March | The Vernacular Press Act came into effect and the next day Amrit Bazar Patrika became an English newspaper. |
| 24 March | British ship Eurydice sunk, killing 300 people. |
| 20 April | Birth of Maulvi Abdul Haq, father of Urdu. |
| 27 April | The University of Calcutta gave the first approval to women to be eligible in the field of university education. |
| 09 January | Umberto I was made king of Italy. |
| 02 February | Greece declares war with Turkey. |
| 13 March | Oxford University defeated Cambridge University in their first golf match. |
| 20 April | Stowel gifts were introduced for the first time in Australia. |
| 15 May | Tokyo Stock Exchange was established. |
| 20 July | The first telephones in Hawaii were made in Hawaii. |
| 21 August | The American Bar Association was held in Sarasota. |
| 01 September | The first female telephone operator started working (Emma Note) in Boston. |
| 15 October | Edison founded the Electric Light Company. |
| 17 November | Made the first attempt to assassinate Umberto I of Italy. |
| 01 December | The first telephone was installed at the White House. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1878:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 01 January | Agner Krarup Erlang / Mathematician / Denmark |
| 03 September | Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers / Tennis Player / United Kingdom |
| 03 February | Gordon Coates / Politician / New Zealand |
| 04 March | Egbert Van Alstyne / Writer / United States of America |
| 04 January | Rosa Grünberg / Actress / Sweden |
| 10 January | John McLean / Footballer / United States of America |
| 12 January | Ferenc Molnár / Author / United States of America |
| 13 November | Max Dehn / Academic / United States of America |
| 14 November | Leopold Staff / Academic / Poland |
| 17 September | Vincenzo Tommasini / Composer / Italy |
| 17 November | Grace Abbott / Social Worker / United States of America |
| 18 May | Johannes Terwogt / Rower / Netherlands |
| 19 August | Manuel L. Quezon / Lawyer / Philippines |
| 20 January | Ruth St. Denis / Educator / United States of America |
| 20 January | Finlay Currie / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 23 July | James Thomas Milton Anderson / Politician / Canada |
| 25 March | František Janda-Suk / Discus Thrower / Czech Republic |
| 26 June | Leopold Löwenheim / Mathematician / Germany |
| 28 August | George Whipple / Physician / United States of America |
| 29 April | Friedrich Adler / Academic / Germany |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1878:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 27 November | Jatindramohan Bagchi / Poet / India |
| 02 January | Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai / Activist / India |
| 10 December | C. Rajagopalachari / Politician / India |
| 10 December | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari / Lawyer / India |
| 21 February | Mirra Alfassa / Spiritual Leader / India |
| 01 April | C. Ganesha Iyer / Philologist / India |
| 10 December | Mohammed Ali / Politician / India |
