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

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

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

Its guano deposits were mined by the American Guano Company from 1859 to 1878.

1989 Lords of the Mountain: Social Banditry and Peasant Protest in Cuba, 1878 – 1918 ( Pitt Latin American Series ) Univ of Pittsburgh Press ISBN 0-8229-3601-1

* SS Columbus ( 1873 ), an American merchantman converted in 1878 into the Russian cruiser Asia

Walter Camp, the " Father of American Football ", pictured here in 1878 as the captain of the Yale Football team

* 1917 – Frank Gotch, American professional wrestler ( b. 1878 )

* 1878 – George Bryant, American archer ( d. 1938 )

* 1878 – Walter B. Pitkin, American lecturer ( d. 1953 )

* 1878 – Joe Lydon, American welterweight boxer ( d. 1937 )

George Hoyt Whipple ( August 28, 1878 – February 1, 1976 ) was an American physician, pathologist, biomedical researcher, and medical school educator and administrator.

Its guano deposits were mined by American companies until October 1878.

* 1825 – Bayard Taylor, American poet ( d. 1878 )

* 1878 – George M. Cohan, American actor, director, singer, and dancer ( d. 1942 )

* 1878 – Barney Oldfield, American race car driver ( d. 1946 )

* 1878 – John Henry Lake, American racing cyclist ( death date unknown )

* 1878 – Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian ( d. 1967 )

* 1805 – Orson Hyde, American religious leader ( d. 1878 )

* 1878 – Harry Carey, American silent film actor ( d. 1947 )

* 1851 – Sam Bass, American criminal ( d. 1878 )

* 1878 – William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American scion ( d. 1944 )

Professor John Phin published " Practical Hints on the Selection and Use of the Microscope ( Second Edition, 1878 )," and was also the editor of the " American Journal of Microscopy.

* 1878 – Mike Donlin, American baseball player ( d. 1933 )

* 1959 – Maxie Long, American athlete ( b. 1878 )

These Lambeth Conferences have been held roughly every 10 years since 1878 ( the second such conference ) and remain the most visible coming-together of the whole Communion.

From the 1830s until his death in 1878, Cullen held several key positions near the top of the Irish hierarchy and influenced Rome's appointment of Irish bishops on four continents.

The first postwar elections were held in 1948 ( women were given the franchise for the first time in 1947 ), and the Liberal Party's vice president, Yoshida Shigeru ( 1878 – 1967 ), became prime minister.

In 1878 and 1879 Krupp held Völkerschiessen, which were firing demonstrations of cannon for international buyers.

And the Iron Crown at Monza has remained there permanently, with two exceptions: in 1878, when, in Rome, it was placed on the coffin of Vittorio Emanuele II and during the two world wars when it was held in the Vatican.

After graduating from the Vienna Conservatory in 1878, he held a succession of conducting posts of rising importance in the opera houses of Europe, culminating in his appointment in 1897 as director of the Vienna Court Opera ( Hofoper ).

Victor Emanuel II ( Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso ; 14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878 ) was king of Sardinia from 1849 until, on 17 March 1861, he assumed the title King of Italy to become the first king of a united Italy since the 6th century, a title he held until his death in 1878.

The house was used for manorial courts throughout the 19th century until the last was held in 1878.

The origin of the name " Notting Hill " is uncertain though an early version appears in the Patent Rolls of 1356 as Knottynghull, while an 1878 text, Old and New London, reports that the name derives from a manor in Kensington called " Knotting-Bernes ,", " Knutting-Barnes ," or " Nutting-barns ", and goes on to quote from a court record during Henry VIII's reign that " the manor called Notingbarons, alias Kensington, in the parish of Paddington, was held of the Abbot of Westminster.

Others joined his Christian Mission, and on 7 August 1878 the Salvation Army was formed at a meeting held at 272 Whitechapel Road .< ref >< cite > 1878 Foundation Deed Of The Salvation Army accessed 15 February 2007 </ cite ></ ref > A statue commemorates both his mission and his work in helping the poor.

It was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 19, 1878, from portions of Lower Township, based on the results of a referendum held three days earlier.

The election held on December 10, 1878 was a close one.

When he was defeated in 1878, the president appointed him as United States marshal for Massachusetts, a post he held from 1879 until 1888.

As early as 13 July 1878 a meeting was held at Marlborough House, London under the presidency of the Prince of Wales, " for the purpose of taking into consideration the advancement of the art of music, and establishing a college of music on a permanent and more extended basis than that of any existing institution.

In 1878 the Choral Society held its first student participation outside Scandinavia bringing Norwegian music and texts to Paris, this being a way to " export " and show Norwegian culture.

In 1878 he was appointed to succeed Edwin Palmer in the professorship of Latin, and held the post till his death.

For many years after this he held the post of Old Catholic curé of Bonn, as well as the position of vicar-general to the Old Catholic Bishop Reinkens, but resigned both in 1878, when, with Döllinger, he disapproved of the permission to marry granted by the Old Catholic Church in Germany to its clergy.

* The 1878 Bret Harte poem The Spelling Bee at Angels describes a spelling contest held at a California gold mining camp.

What may be the last witchcraft trial in North America was held in Ipswich in 1878.

Walther served as its first president, a position he held from 1847 to 1850 and again from 1864 to 1878.

Jorge Ubico y Castañeda ( 10 November 1878 – 14 June 1946 ) was a Guatemalan dictator who held the title of President of Guatemala from 14 February 1931 to 4 July 1944.

St. Moritz developed rapidly in the late nineteenth century and the first electric light in Switzerland was installed in 1878 at the Kulm Hotel and the first curling tournament on the continent held in 1880.

By necessity, he returned to office in 1878 and continued to 1881, when he was made professor emeritus of physics and geology, which position he had held while he was president.