What Happened In May 1878 In History

Famous Birthdays on May in 1878

• 10th » Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter (d. 1967)
• 10th » Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Peace Prize or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929)
• 14th » J. L. Wilkinson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
• 18th » Johannes Terwogt, Dutch rower (d. 1977)
• 19th » Alfred Laliberté, Canadian sculptor and painter (d. 1953)
• 21st » Glenn Curtiss, American engineer (d. 1930)
• 24th » Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer (d. 1972)
• 25th » Bill Robinson, American actor and dancer (d. 1949)
• 28th » Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (d. 1945)
• 30th » Mike Donlin, American baseball player and actor (d. 1933)

Famous Deaths for May 1878

• 12th » Anselme Payen, French chemist (b. 1795)
• 13th » Joseph Henry, American physicist (b. 1797)
• 14th » Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
• 28th » John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)

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