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In the year 1878
518 Notable birthdays
Prince Leopold Clemens of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry
Austro-hungarian officer.
Born July 19th, 1878 in Svätý Anton.
Died April 27th, 1916 at 37 years old in Vienna (acid attack).
Marcel Grossmann
Mathematician (1878-1936).
Born April 9th, 1878 in Budapest.
Died September 7th, 1936 at 58 years old in Zurich (multiple sclerosis).
Guy Ballard
American mining engineer, founder of the "i am" movement (1878–1939).
Born July 28th, 1878 in Newton.
Died December 29th, 1939 at 61 years old in Los Angeles.
Maria Ulyanova
Soviet politician (1878–1937).
Born February 18th, 1878 in Ulyanovsk.
Died June 12th, 1937 at 59 years old in Moscow (atherosclerosis).
Constance Collier
British actress (1878-1955).
Born January 22nd, 1878 in Windsor.
Died April 25th, 1955 at 77 years old in Manhattan.
Slavko Kvaternik
Croatian soldier and politician (1878–1947).
Born August 25th, 1878 in Moravice.
Died June 13th, 1947 at 68 years old in Zagreb (gunshot wound).
William Aberhart
Canadian politician (1878-1943).
Born December 30th, 1878 in Perth County.
Died May 23rd, 1943 at 64 years old in Vancouver.
Erich Mühsam
German-jewish anarchist writer (1878–1934).
Born April 6th, 1878 in Berlin.
Died July 10th, 1934 at 56 years old in Oranienburg concentration camp.
Anna Coleman Ladd
American sculptor (1878–1939).
Born July 15th, 1878 in Philadelphia.
Died June 3rd, 1939 at 60 years old in Santa Barbara.
Hattie Caraway
United states senator from arkansas and first woman elected to the u.s. senate, first woman to preside over the senate, first woman to chair a senate committee, and first woman to preside over a senate hearing (1878–1950).
Born February 1st, 1878 in Bakerville.
Died December 21st, 1950 at 72 years old in Falls Church (stroke).
Agner Krarup Erlang
Danish mathematician, statistician and engineer (1878–1929).
Born January 1st, 1878 in Lønborg.
Died February 3rd, 1929 at 51 years old in Copenhagen.
Robert Warwick
Actor (1878-1964).
Born October 9th, 1878 in Sacramento.
Died June 6th, 1964 at 85 years old in West Los Angeles.
Lionel Martin
English businessman.
Born March 15th, 1878 in Pentewan.
Died October 14th, 1945 at 67 years old (bicycle accident).
Princess Isabelle d’Orléans
Orléans-french royal (1878-1961).
Died April 21st, 1961 at 82 years old in Larache.
George Edwin Ellison
Soldier (1878-1918).
Born August 10th, 1878 in Leeds.
Died November 11th, 1918 at 40 years old in Mons.
William Pettus Hobby, Sr.
American politician; governor of texas, 1917-1921.
Born March 26th, 1878 in Moscow.
Died June 7th, 1964 at 86 years old in Houston.
Lucien Febvre
French historian (1878-1956).
Born July 22nd, 1878 in Nancy.
Died September 26th, 1956 at 78 years old in Saint-Amour.
James Armand de Rothschild
French-born british politician and philanthropist (1878-1957).
Born December 1st, 1878 in Paris.
Died May 7th, 1957 at 78 years old in London.
Luís de Orléans e Bragança
Military descendant of the extinct brazilian imperial family (1878–1920).
Born January 26th, 1878 in Petrópolis.
Died March 26th, 1920 at 42 years old in Cannes (disease).
Georges Valois
French politician (1878-1945).
Born October 7th, 1878 in Paris, 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 18th, 1945 at 66 years old in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp (typhus). [ref]
Oliver St John Gogarty
Irish physician, writer and politician (1878-1957).
Born August 17th, 1878 in Dublin.
Died September 22nd, 1957 at 79 years old in New York City.
Francis Sheehy-Skeffington
Irish suffragist, pacifist and writer.
Born December 23rd, 1878 in Bailieborough.
Died April 26th, 1916 at 37 years old in Cathal Brugha Barracks.
Chen Chiung Ming
Chinese politician (1878-1933).
Born January 13th, 1878 in Haifeng County.
Died September 22nd, 1933 at 55 years old in Hong Kong (typhus).
Othmar Spann
Austrian philosopher (1878-1950).
Born October 1st, 1878 in Altmannsdorf.
Died July 8th, 1950 at 71 years old in Neustift bei Schlaining.
Frank Buchman
Evangelical theologist (1878-1961).
Born June 4th, 1878 in Pennsburg.
Died August 7th, 1961 at 83 years old in Freudenstadt.
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