Historical figures in 1878
The atlas holds 25 people and 49 moments here, in 1878. The most recorded lives are Ulysses S. Grant, Thomas Edison and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Among them Writers, Performers and Political Leaders.
Notable people
Alexander Graham Bell
in 1878
1 moment here
Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, teacher of the deaf, and engineer best known for patenting the first practical telephone.…
Emperor Meiji
in 1878
2 moments here
Emperor Meiji (Mutsuhito) was emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912. His reign encompassed the Meiji Restoration, the transfer of the imperial court…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
in 1878
3 moments here
Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…
George Eliot
in 1878
1 moment here
Mary Ann Evans, known by the pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, translator, journalist, and poet.…
Gustave Flaubert
in 1878
2 moments here
French novelist and major exponent of literary realism, best known for Madame Bovary, Salammbô, Sentimental Education, Three Tales, and his extensive…
José Martí
in 1878
1 moment here
Cuban nationalist, writer, journalist, and organizer of the Cuban Revolutionary Party. Martí lived and worked across Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Guatemala,…
Joseph Stalin
in 1878
1 moment here
Soviet revolutionary and political leader, born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in Gori, Georgia.…
Jules Verne
in 1878
2 moments here
French novelist, playwright, and poet whose documented life included residences and work in Nantes, Paris, Amiens, Auteuil, and Le Crotoy, together…
Liliʻuokalani
in 1878
2 moments here
Liliʻuokalani was the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, reigning from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the monarchy on January…
Mark Twain
in 1878
1 moment here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Oscar Wilde
in 1878
1 moment here
Irish author, poet, playwright, critic, and leading figure in late nineteenth-century aestheticism.…
Otto von Bismarck
in 1878
1 moment here
Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman, diplomat, and the first chancellor of the German Empire.…
Pancho Villa
in 1878
1 moment here
Francisco “Pancho” Villa (José Doroteo Arango Arámbula) was a Mexican revolutionary, guerrilla leader, military commander, and provisional governor…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
in 1878
3 moments here
Russian Romantic composer whose career ranged from civil-service work and conservatory teaching in Saint Petersburg and Moscow to international…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1878
3 moments here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Ralph Waldo Emerson
in 1878
1 moment here
American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, Unitarian minister, poet, abolitionist, and leading figure in Transcendentalism.…
Rudyard Kipling
in 1878
1 moment here
English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in Bombay, Kipling spent his childhood in India and England, worked as a journalist…
Thomas Edison
in 1878
5 moments here
American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…
Ulysses S. Grant
in 1878
9 moments here
Ulysses S. Grant was an American army officer, Union commander during the Civil War, and the 18th president of the United States.…
Victor Hugo
in 1878
2 moments here
French Romantic poet, novelist, dramatist, artist, activist, and politician. This chronology traces documented physical presences from his mobile…
Vincent van Gogh
in 1878
2 moments here
Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose documented movements trace a path from a Brabant childhood through work and religious study in the…
Walt Whitman
in 1878
1 moment here
American poet, essayist, journalist, and author of Leaves of Grass. Born on Long Island, he lived and worked chiefly in Brooklyn, Manhattan,…
Willem Einthoven
in 1878
1 moment here
Dutch physician and physiologist whose work on the string galvanometer made clinical electrocardiography practical.…
William Howard Taft
in 1878
1 moment here
William Howard Taft was an American lawyer, judge, colonial administrator, secretary of war, 27th president of the United States, and 10th chief…
Moments
- 1878 Telephone demonstration for Queen Victoria Alexander Graham Bell
- 1878 Marriage on Calle Tulipán José Martí
- 1878 Health journey to San Francisco Liliʻuokalani
- 1878 Visits Sacramento and the Crocker Art Museum Liliʻuokalani
- 1878 Tours continental Europe with his family Mark Twain
- 1878 Return to Dublin after Oxford Oscar Wilde
- 1878 Hosted Congress of Berlin Otto von Bismarck
- 1878 Work in San Remo Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1878 Admission to United Services College Rudyard Kipling
- 1878 Arrival at Alexandria Ulysses S. Grant
- 1878 Meeting Emperor Franz Joseph Ulysses S. Grant
- 1878 Meeting Portuguese monarchs Ulysses S. Grant
- 1878 Visit to Karnak Ulysses S. Grant
- 1878 Visit with Pope Leo XIII Ulysses S. Grant
- 1878 Returns to Hauteville House Victor Hugo
- 1878 Settles on Avenue d'Eylau Victor Hugo
- 1878 Medical student at Utrecht University Willem Einthoven
- 1878 Graduates from Yale William Howard Taft
- 1878 Fortune of the Republic address Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 1878 Visit to Jerusalem Ulysses S. Grant
- 1878 Paris literary work Gustave Flaubert
- 1878 Arrival at Athens Ulysses S. Grant
- 1878 Demonstrates phonograph in Washington Thomas Edison
- 1878 Composition at Brailov estate Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1878 English study in Ahmedabad Rabindranath Tagore
- 1878 Demonstrates phonograph at Mount St. Vincent Thomas Edison
- 1878 Made a pilgrimage to Optina Pustyn Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1878 Returned to Staraya Russa after his son’s death Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1878 Residence at Witley George Eliot
- 1878 Saint-Michel voyage to Lisbon Jules Verne
- 1878 Birth at La Coyotada Pancho Villa
- 1878 Bryant funeral and Catskills visit Walt Whitman
- 1878 Observes eclipse at Rawlins Thomas Edison
- 1878 Saint-Michel voyage to Algiers Jules Verne
- 1878 Guest of the Pandurang family Rabindranath Tagore
- 1878 Inspects mines at Virginia City Thomas Edison
- 1878 Visits San Francisco on western journey Thomas Edison
- 1878 Meeting Tsar Alexander II Ulysses S. Grant
- 1878 Visit to Nagano Emperor Meiji
- 1878 Arrival in Kanazawa Emperor Meiji
- 1878 Moved into his final Kuznechny Lane home Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1878 Student residence at Medina Villas Rabindranath Tagore
- 1878 Meeting Alfonso XII Ulysses S. Grant
- 1878 Croisset work on Bouvard et Pécuchet Gustave Flaubert
- 1878 Trains as an evangelist in Laeken Vincent van Gogh
- 1878 Born in Gori Joseph Stalin
- 1878 Residence in Florence Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1878 Preaches in the Borinage Vincent van Gogh
- 1878 Birth in Kaimachi Yosano Akiko