What Happened In July 1878 - Historical Events 1878 July

Historical Events for July, 1878

1st » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
4th » Thoroughbred horses Ten Broeck and Mollie McCarty run a Ten Broeck - Mollie McCarty match race or match race, recalled in the song Molly and Tenbrooks.
5th » The coat of arms of the Baku Governorate is established.
13th » Treaty of Berlin (1878) or Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.

1st » Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (d. 1944)
3rd » George M. Cohan, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1942)
6th » Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (d. 1926)
8th » Jimmy Quinn (footballer, born 1878) named Jimmy Quinn, Scottish footballer (d. 1945)
9th » Eduard Sõrmus, Estonian violinist (d. 1940)
12th » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (d. 1930)
22nd » Janusz Korczak, Polish pediatrician and author (d. 1942)
24th » Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1957)
26th » Ernst Hoppenberg, German swimmer and water polo player (d. 1937)
29th » Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1937)

17th » Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (b. 1812)
19th » Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1847)
21st » Sam Bass (outlaw) called Sam Bass, American criminal (b. 1851)
23rd » Carl von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician, pathologist, and politician (b. 1804)
28th » George Law Curry, American publisher and politician (b. 1820)