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In the year 1878

518 Notable birthdays

Constance Collier

British actress (1878-1955).

Born January 22nd, 1878 in Windsor.

Died April 25th, 1955 at 77 years old in Manhattan.

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.

Abdelaziz of Morocco

Sultan of morocco (1878-1943).

Born February 24th, 1878 in Marrakesh.

Died June 10th, 1943 at 65 years old in Tangier.

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).

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).

Maria Ulyanova

Soviet politician (1878–1937).

Born February 18th, 1878 in Ulyanovsk.

Died June 12th, 1937 at 59 years old in Moscow (atherosclerosis).

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.

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.

William Aberhart

Canadian politician (1878-1943).

Born December 30th, 1878 in Perth County.

Died May 23rd, 1943 at 64 years old in Vancouver.

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).

Robert Warwick

Actor (1878-1964).

Born October 9th, 1878 in Sacramento.

Died June 6th, 1964 at 85 years old in West Los Angeles.

George Edwin Ellison

Soldier (1878-1918).

Born August 10th, 1878 in Leeds.

Died November 11th, 1918 at 40 years old in Mons.

Anna Coleman Ladd

American sculptor (1878–1939).

Born July 15th, 1878 in Philadelphia.

Died June 3rd, 1939 at 60 years old in Santa Barbara.

Lucien Febvre

French historian (1878-1956).

Born July 22nd, 1878 in Nancy.

Died September 26th, 1956 at 78 years old in Saint-Amour.

Princess Isabelle d’Orléans

Orléans-french royal (1878-1961).

Born May 7th, 1878 in Eu.

Died April 21st, 1961 at 82 years old in Larache.

Lionel Martin

English businessman.

Born March 15th, 1878 in Pentewan.

Died October 14th, 1945 at 67 years old (bicycle accident).

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.

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.

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.

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]

Billy Garraty

English footballer (1878-1931).

Born October 6th, 1878 in Birmingham.

Died May 6th, 1931 at 52 years old in Birmingham.

Frank Buchman

Evangelical theologist (1878-1961).

Born June 4th, 1878 in Pennsburg.

Died August 7th, 1961 at 83 years old in Freudenstadt.

Othmar Spann

Austrian philosopher (1878-1950).

Born October 1st, 1878 in Altmannsdorf.

Died July 8th, 1950 at 71 years old in Neustift bei Schlaining.

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