1878
Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman (died 1961)
Emil Edwin "Judge" Fuchs was a German-born American baseball owner and executive.
Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman (died 1961)
The 1870s
Explore 883 historical events from 1870–1879.
1878
Demetrios Petrokokkinos, Greek tennis player (died 1942)
Demetrios Stephen Petrokokkinos was a Greek tennis player. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Demetrios Petrokokkinos, Greek tennis player (died 1942)
1878
Hödel assassination attempt by anarchist Max Hödel targeting the German Kaiser, Wilhelm I
The Hödel assassination attempt, or the assassination attempt on Wilhelm I of 11 May 1878, was an armed attack carried out by Max Hödel, a young German anarchist, against the Kaise…
Hödel assassination attempt by anarchist Max Hödel targeting the German Kaiser, Wilhelm I
1878
Jean Crotti, Swiss-French painter (died 1958)
Jean Crotti was a French painter.
Jean Crotti, Swiss-French painter (died 1958)
1878
William Merz, American gymnast and triathlete (died 1946)
William G. Merz was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He died in Overland, Missouri.
William Merz, American gymnast and triathlete (died 1946)
1878
Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican bishop and saint (died 1938)
Rafael Guízar y Valencia was a Mexican bishop of the Roman Catholic Church who was persecuted during the Mexican Revolution. Named Bishop of Xalapa in 1919, he was driven out of hi…
Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican bishop and saint (died 1938)
1878
Lionel Barrymore, American actor and director (died 1954)
Lionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931) and i…
Lionel Barrymore, American actor and director (died 1954)
1878
Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist (died 194
Władysław Witwicki was a Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian and artist. He is seen as one of the fathers of psychology in Poland.
Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist (died 194
1878
The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of
The Salem witchcraft trial of 1878, also known as the Ipswich witchcraft trial and the second Salem witch trial, was an American civil case held in May 1878 in Salem, Massachusetts…
The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of
1878
Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H
Gilbert and Sullivan were a Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. The two men collaborated on fourteen comic operas betw…
Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H
1878
Nobiling assassination attempt by anarchist Karl Nobiling targeting the German Kaiser, Wilhelm I
The Nobiling assassination attempt, or the assassination attempt on Wilhelm I of 2 June 1878, was an armed attack carried out by Karl Nobiling, a German anarchist philosopher, agai…
Nobiling assassination attempt by anarchist Karl Nobiling targeting the German Kaiser, Wilhelm I
1878
Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title
The Cyprus Convention of 4 June 1878 was a secret agreement reached between the United Kingdom and the Ottoman Empire which granted administrative control of Cyprus to Britain, in …
Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title
1878
League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a
The League of Prizren, officially the League for the Defense of the Rights of the Albanian Nation, was an Albanian political organization that was officially founded on June 10, 18…
League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a
1878
Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter (died 1967)
Konstantinos Parthenis was a Greek painter. Born in Alexandria, part of the Greek community in Egypt, Parthenis broke with the Greek academic tradition of the 19th century and intr…
Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter (died 1967)
1878
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J. Leslie Wilkinson was an American sports executive who founded the All Nations baseball club in 1912, and the Negro league baseball team Kansas City Monarchs in 1920.
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1878
Johannes Terwogt, Dutch rower (died 1977)
Johannes Hester Lambertus Terwogt was a Dutch rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Johannes Terwogt, Dutch rower (died 1977)
1878
Alfred Laliberté, Canadian sculptor and painter (died 1953)
Alfred Laliberté was a French-Canadian sculptor and painter based in Montreal. His output includes more than 900 sculptures in bronze, marble, wood, and plaster. Many of his sculpt…
Alfred Laliberté, Canadian sculptor and painter (died 1953)
1878
Glenn Curtiss, American cyclist and engineer (died 1930)
Glenn Hammond Curtiss was an American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. He began his career as a bicycle racer and builder before movi…
Glenn Curtiss, American cyclist and engineer (died 1930)
1878
Start of the Congress of Berlin in which the major powers of Europe revise the Treaty of San Stefano, signed on March 3
At the Congress of Berlin, the major European powers revised the territorial and political terms imposed by the Russian Empire on the Ottoman Empire by the Treaty of San Stefano, w…
Start of the Congress of Berlin in which the major powers of Europe revise the Treaty of San Stefano, signed on March 3
1878
Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely…
The Treaty of Berlin was signed on 13 July 1878. In the aftermath of the Russian victory against the Ottoman Empire in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, the major powers restruct…
Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely…
1878
The American Bar Association is founded in Saratoga Springs, New York.
The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary national bar association of lawyers and law students in the United States, and not specific to any single jurisdiction. Founded in…
The American Bar Association is founded in Saratoga Springs, New York.
1878
Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
SS Princess Alice, formerly PS Bute, was a British passenger paddle steamer that sank on 3 September 1878 after a collision with the collier SS Bywell Castle on the River Thames. B…
Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
1878
Gustav Stresemann, German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1929)
Gustav Ernst Stresemann was a German statesman during the Weimar Republic who served as chancellor of Germany from August to November 1923 and as foreign minister from 1923 to 1929…
Gustav Stresemann, German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1929)
1878
Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer (died 1972)
Lillian Evelyn Gilbreth was an American psychologist, industrial engineer, consultant, and educator who was an early pioneer in applying psychology to time-and-motion studies. She …
Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer (died 1972)