* 1878 – Erich Mühsam, German author ( d. 1934 )

* 1878 – Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author ( d. 1956 )

* 1878 – John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician ( b. 1796 )

Alexander Mackenzie, PC ( January 28, 1822 – April 17, 1892 ), a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.

* Sir Henri Elzear Taschereau – October 7, 1878

* 1878 – Dick Grant, Canadian runner ( d. 1958 )

** Haliotis kamtschatkana assimilis Dall, 1878 – synonym: Haliotis assimilis, the threaded abalone

Prominent leaders include co-founders Lucien Febvre ( 1878 – 1956 ) and Marc Bloch ( 1886 – 1944 ).

* 1878 – Tip Foster, English cricketer ( d. 1914 )

* 1878 – Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian army officer ( d. 1928 )

* 1878 – Léon Binoche, French rugby player ( d. 1962 )

* 1878 – Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino politician, 2nd President of the Philippines ( d. 1944 )

* 1878 – Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager ( d. 1963 )

* George V of Hanover ( 1819 – 1878 )

* 1878 – George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1976 )

* Queen Victoria – the British Weights and Measures Act of 1878 defined it as containing 4, 840 square yards.

* 1878 – Emil Fuchs, German-American attorney and baseball owner ( d. 1961 )

* 1878 – Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and writer ( d. 1955 )

* 1878 – Alfred Döblin, German writer ( d. 1957 )

* 1929 – Pierre Fatou, French mathematician ( b. 1878 )

* 1843 – Alice of the United Kingdom ( d. 1878 )

* 1878 – William Merz, American gymnast and athlete ( d. 1946 )

* 1878 – Jean Crotti, Swiss artist ( d. 1958 )

* 1965 – Louise Dresser, American actress ( b. 1878 )

* The Great Amherst Mystery ( 1878 – 79 )

England returned to Australia in 1878 – 79 for a one off test match, and when the Australians came to England in 1880, a firm pattern of tours was established.

* Champions: 1878 – 79, 1881 – 82, 1882 – 83, 1885 – 86, 1887 – 88

F. Fryer cottage, Cape May, New Jersey ( 1878 – 79 ).

The team operated each season from 1876 – 77 until 1878 – 79, winning the Cup in their final year.

* 1878 / 79 J. Turney

** The mansion " Idle Hour " in Oakdale, Long Island, New York was built in 1878 – 79, and destroyed by fire in 1899.

Charlotte's death in 1878 was a great blow to Wood, from which he never recovered, and he died in London on 10 July 1881, aged 79.

The reasons are: 1 ) the poor documentation, 2 ) the fact that no one was able to repeat Dezhnyov ’ s route until Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld in 1878 / 79 ( Eight unsuccessful attempts were made between 1649 and 1787.

His business was ruined by a yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans during the winter of 1878 – 79 and he succumbed to the disease himself, dying just days after his wife and oldest child, leaving ten destitute orphans.

Although the athletic club had formed a rugby football section in 1866, Fartown was initially used for athletics festivals alterations made in the summer of 1878 meant that rugby could begin at the start of the 1878 / 79 season with the visit of Manchester Rangers on 2 November.

Díaz named him governor and military commander of Michoacán ( 1877 – 79 ) and secretary of war and the navy ( 28 April 1878 to 15 November 1879 ).

* Most appearances: 9, Arthur Kinnaird ( Wanderers ) ( 1872 – 73, 1874 – 75, 1875 – 76, 1876 – 77, 1877 – 78 ) & ( Old Etonians ) ( 1878 – 79, 1880 – 81, 1881 – 82, 1882 – 83 )

Bellán piloted Habana to three Cuban League baseball championships ( 1878 – 79, 1879 – 80, and 1882 – 83 ).

Other architectural contributions include the Grand Concert Hall of the Monte Carlo Casino ( 1876 / 79 – 1879 ; since remodeled as the Opéra de Monte-Carlo ) and the Salle de Jeu Trente-et-Quarante ( 1880 – 81 ), both on the Place du Casino in Monte-Carlo ; the Nice Astronomical Observatory ( 1879 – 88 ); the 117 boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris ( 1878 – 80 ); the Hôtel Hachette, 195 boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris ( 1878 – 1881 ); the Panorama Marigny in Paris ( 1883 – 84 ; now the Marigny Theatre ); and his last work, the Magasin ( storehouse ) de Décors de l ' Opéra on the rue Berthier in Paris ( 1894 – 95 ; now the Ateliers Berthier of the Odéon-Théâtre de l ' Europe ).

During the 1878 – 79 season Lord Harris ' England team toured Australia.

Miller returned to politics, from 1878 – 79 as a member of the second state constitutional convention.

Gloucester Rugby Football Club had a successful run in the coming seasons, playing 15 games in both the 1877 – 78 and 1878 – 79 seasons, winning 10, losing 2 and drawing 3 both times.

Their first season there, 1878 / 79, was the last to be played under the Cavendish name.

In his debut Test on the 1878 – 79 Australian tour he lost his wicket in both innings to Spofforth and this was to be repeated in his next Test in 1882.

Sir Humphry Davy conducted an experimental demonstration in 1810 ; welding was investigated by Pepys in 1815 ; Pinchon attempted to create an electrothermic furnace in 1853 ; and, in 1878 – 79, Sir William Siemens took out patents for electric furnaces of the arc type.

The old church was demolished and replaced in 1878 / 79 and a new school built in 1886 – 88.