1878

Year 1878 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March



 * January - arrives in London
 * - becomes
 * - orders British fleet to the
 * - The revolutionary shoots at, the Governor of.
 * -  becomes the first daily, college in the.
 * - Turkey agrees to at
 * - declares war on.
 * - British fleet enters Turkish waters and anchors off - Russia threatens to occupy Istanbul but does not carry out the threat
 * - The begins in
 * - The is patented by
 * - succeeds  as the 256th.
 * - Anti-Russian demonstrations in
 * - is created by the  (under the name The Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi)
 * regained its independence from.
 * The concludes the
 * - The  Eurydice sinks, killing 300.
 * - Russia rejects British proposal to lay San Stefano treaty before European congress
 * - In anticipation with war with Russia, Disraeli mobilizes the reserves and calls up Indian troops to
 * - The  Eurydice sinks, killing 300.
 * - Russia rejects British proposal to lay San Stefano treaty before European congress
 * - In anticipation with war with Russia, Disraeli mobilizes the reserves and calls up Indian troops to

April - June

 * - The is run for the first time.
 * - established
 * - : The cedes  to the  but retains nominal title.
 * - is established
 * - -  about the
 * - leaves  on a voyage that will make him the first to navigate the, a shipping lane from the  to the  along the  coast.

July - September

 * - The makes,  and  completely independent
 * - In, the poet and outlaw calling himself "" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a  stagecoach. The empty box will be found later with a taunting  inside.
 * - Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat ' collides with the ' in the.
 * - founded

October - December

 * - (Virginia Tech) opens as Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College.
 * - The worlds first recorded floodlit football fixture is played at in
 * - returns to office as.
 * - First assassination attempt against.
 * - commences when the British attack  in the.

Undated

 * was founded on the.
 * Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Football Club, the team that would become, was founded.
 * in - over 13,000 dead
 * US arbitration rejects claims to 's part of  region
 * play their first match.
 * , then known as St Domingo, formed

January - June

 * -, American poet and historian (d. )
 * -, author (d. )
 * -, dancer (d. )
 * -, Swedish-born television pioneer (d. )
 * -, Slovak politician, champion of regional integration in Europe (d. )
 * -, Hungarian swimmer and architect (d. )
 * -, French automobile manufacturer (d. )
 * -, Austrian philosopher (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * - (Mirra Alfassa), multi-origined spiritual leader and founder of  in  (d. )
 * -, Czech soprano (d. )
 * -,  (d. )
 * , United States songwriter and pianist (d. )
 * , Russian philosopher (d. )
 * , Japanese novelist, short-story writer and essayist (d. )
 * -, German Catholic cardinal (d. )
 * -, Luxembourg athlete (d. )
 * -, American boxer (d. )
 * -, German author (d. )
 * -, Swiss artist (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * , Dutch conductor (d. )
 * -, Oldest Living Person (disputed) (d. )
 * -, , recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Tap Dancer (d. )
 * -, American dancer (d. )
 * -, French sinologist (d. )
 * -, English poet and novelist (d. )
 * -, American automobile racer and pioneer (d. )
 * -, Mexican revolutionary (d. )
 * -, American automobile racer and pioneer (d. )
 * -, Mexican revolutionary (d. )

July - December

 * -, American singer, dancer, composer, actor, and writer (d. )
 * -, Irish author (d. )
 * -, German writer (d. )
 * -, American scientist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, American athlete (d. )
 * -, Austrian physicist (d. )
 * -, American pilot (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Swiss writer (d. )
 * -, Austrian philosopher and economist (d. )
 * -, American athlete (d. )
 * -, American writer and activist (d. , )
 * -, Argentine politician, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Polish poet (d. )
 * -, American social worker and activist (d. )
 * -, Soviet leader (d. )
 * , Swiss-born race driver and automobile builder (d. )
 * , Russian-born film executive (d. )
 * -, Soviet statesman and political figure who served as People's Commissar of Finances (d.)
 * -, Canadian-born beautician and cosmetics entrepreneur (d. )
 * -, Argentina's writer was born in Salto, Uruguay (d. )
 * -, Argentina's writer was born in Salto, Uruguay (d. )


 * See also .

January - June

 * - King (b. )
 * -, French scientist (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, Italian astronomer (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, soprano, first wife of (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, English author (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * , Scottish clergyman and inventor (b. )
 * , Marshal of France (b. )
 * , Mormon bodyguard (b. )
 * (b. )
 * , murderer (b. )
 * (b. )
 * , murderer (b. )

July - December

 * -, translator of hymns (b. )
 * -, Italian poet (b. )
 * -, English businessman (b. )
 * -, American religious leader (b. )
 * -, American businessman (b. )
 * - (b. )


 * See also .