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In the year 1878
518 Notable birthdays
Charles Hefferon
Athletics competitor (1878–1931).
Born July 18th, 1878 in Newbury.
Died May 13th, 1932 at 53 years old in Brampton (traffic collision). [ref]
André Corap
French general (1878-1953).
Born January 15th, 1878 in Pont-Audemer.
Died August 15th, 1953 at 75 years old in Fontainebleau.
Siegfried Haenicke
German general and knight's cross recipient (1878-1946).
Born September 8th, 1878 in Constance.
Died February 19th, 1946 at 67 years old in NKVD Special Camp No. 1.
Ivar Arosenius
Swedish artist (1878-1909).
Born October 8th, 1878 in Göteborgs Kristine församling.
Died January 2nd, 1909 at 30 years old (hemophilia). [ref]
Leonid Nikolayev
Russian musician (1878–1942).
Born August 13th, 1878 in Kyiv.
Died October 11th, 1942 at 64 years old in Tashkent (typhoid fever).
Willem Hesselink
Dutch footballer (1878–1973).
Born February 8th, 1878 in Arnhem.
Died December 15th, 1973 at 95 years old in Bennekom.
Catherine Alexandrovna Yurievskaya
(1878-1959).
Born September 9th, 1878 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 22nd, 1959 at 81 years old in Hayling Island.
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
Polish explorer and writer (1878–1945).
Died January 3rd, 1945 at 66 years old in Grodzisk Mazowiecki.
Torahiko Terada
Japanese physicist (1878–1935).
Born December 28th, 1878 in Kōjimachi-ku.
Died December 31st, 1935 at 57 years old in Hongō-ku (bone metastasis).
Vicente Mejía Colindres
President of honduras.
Born April 6th, 1878 in Intibucá Department.
Died August 24th, 1966 at 88 years old in Tegucigalpa.
Gregori Chmara
Ukrainian-born actor (1878–1970).
Born July 29th, 1878 in Poltava. [ref]
Died February 3rd, 1970 at 91 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Oleksandr Oles
Ukrainian symbolist poet and playwright (1878–1944).
Born December 5th, 1878 in Bilopillia.
Died July 27th, 1944 at 65 years old in Krč (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Muriel Robb
English tennis player (1878–1907).
Born May 13th, 1878 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Died February 12th, 1907 at 28 years old in Newcastle upon Tyne (lymphoma).
Kitty Gordon
British actress (1878–1974).
Born April 22nd, 1878 in Folkestone.
Died May 26th, 1974 at 96 years old in Brentwood.
Sakuzō Yoshino
Japanese academic (1878-1933).
Born January 29th, 1878 in Furukawa.
Died March 18th, 1933 at 55 years old in Zushi.
Karl Albiker
German sculptor (1878–1961).
Born September 16th, 1878 in Ühlingen-Birkendorf.
Died February 26th, 1961 at 82 years old in Ettlingen.
Charles Dvorak
Us athletics competitor (1878–1969).
Born November 27th, 1878 in Chicago.
Died December 18th, 1969 at 91 years old in Seattle.
Ğayaz İsxaqi
Tatar writer and politician (1878–1954).
Born February 22nd, 1878 in Yawşirmä.
Died July 22nd, 1954 at 76 years old in Ankara.
Edmond Jaloux
French writer (1878–1949).
Born June 19th, 1878 in Marseille.
Died August 22nd, 1949 at 71 years old in Lutry.
José Berraondo
Spanish football manager (1878-1950).
Born November 4th, 1878 in San Sebastián.
Died April 11th, 1950 at 71 years old in San Sebastián.
Maurice Leenhardt
French pastor and ethnologist (1878–1954).
Born March 9th, 1878 in Montauban.
Died January 26th, 1954 at 75 years old in Paris.
Harold Hackett
Us tennis player (1878-1937).
Born July 12th, 1878 in Hingham.
Died November 20th, 1937 at 59 years old in New York City.
María Jesús Alvarado Rivera
Peruvian feminist.
Born May 27th, 1878 in Chincha Alta. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1971 at 92 years old in Lima. [ref]
Josep Clarà i Ayats
Catalan sculptor (1878–1958).
Born December 16th, 1878 in Olot.
Died November 4th, 1958 at 79 years old in Barcelona.
Isidor Bajić
Serbian composer (1878–1915).
Born August 16th, 1878 in Kula.
Died September 15th, 1915 at 37 years old in Novi Sad.
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