1878

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1878 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 1878
MDCCCLXXVIII
Ab urbe condita 2631
Armenian calendar 1327
ԹՎ ՌՅԻԷ
Assyrian calendar 6628
Baháʼí calendar 34–35
Balinese saka calendar 1799–1800
Bengali calendar 1284–1285
Berber calendar 2828
British Regnal year 41  Vict. 1   42  Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar 2422
Burmese calendar 1240
Byzantine calendar 7386–7387
Chinese calendar 丁丑年 (Fire  Ox)
4575 or 4368
     to 
戊寅年 (Earth  Tiger)
4576 or 4369
Coptic calendar 1594–1595
Discordian calendar 3044
Ethiopian calendar 1870–1871
Hebrew calendar 5638–5639
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1934–1935
 - Shaka Samvat 1799–1800
 - Kali Yuga 4978–4979
Holocene calendar 11878
Igbo calendar 878–879
Iranian calendar 1256–1257
Islamic calendar 1294–1296
Japanese calendar Meiji 11
(明治11年)
Javanese calendar 1806–1807
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar 4211
Minguo calendar 34 before ROC
民前34年
Nanakshahi calendar 410
Thai solar calendar 2420–2421
Tibetan calendar 阴火牛年
(female Fire-Ox)
2004 or 1623 or 851
     to 
阳土虎年
(male Earth-Tiger)
2005 or 1624 or 852
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June 13: Congress of Berlin

1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar  and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1878th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 878th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1870s decade. As of the start of 1878, the Gregorian calendar was 12days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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Events

January

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JanuarySeptember Cleopatra's Needle erected in London.

February

March

April

May

June

July

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Europe after the Congress of Berlin in 1878 and the territorial and political rearrangement of the Balkan Peninsula.

August

September

October

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October 31 Eldkvarn burns in Stockholm.

November

December

Date unknown

Births

Carl Sandburg Carl Sandburg NYWTS.jpg
Carl Sandburg
Theodoros Pangalos Theodoros Pangalos.jpg
Theodoros Pangalos
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Gordon Coates
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Kōki Hirota
Vicente Mejia Colindres Vicente Mejia Colindres.jpg
Vicente Mejía Colindres
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Lionel Barrymore
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Roy Atwell
Gustav Stresemann Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1989-040-27, Gustav Stresemann.jpg
Gustav Stresemann
Princess Ingeborg of Denmark Princess Ingeborg of Denmark.jpg
Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
Alfred Doblin Alfred Doeblin 1930.jpg
Alfred Döblin
Lise Meitner Lise Meitner (1878-1968), lecturing at Catholic University, Washington, D.C., 1946.jpg
Lise Meitner
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Joseph Stalin

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AprilJune

JulySeptember

OctoberDecember

Deaths

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Victor Emmanuel II
Pope Pius IX Pius IX, by Adolphe Braun, 1875.jpg
Pope Pius IX
Anna Sewell Anna Sewell.jpg
Anna Sewell
William Cullen Bryant William Cullen Bryant Cabinet Card by Mora-crop.jpg
William Cullen Bryant
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Saint Mariam Baouardy

JanuaryJune

JulyDecember

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