Year 1878 in History - Important Historical Events of the year 1878

The year 1878 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 1878 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.

Event__Date	Incident/Event
31 May	The sinking of the German warship SMS Groसरer Karfurst killed 284 people.
28 July	At the conclusion of the Berlin Conference, the Berlin Agreement was signed between the Russians Germany, France, Britain and Austria.
17 October	John A. McDonald was once again elected Prime Minister of Canada after playing the role of opposition in government for five years.
18 October	Thomas Elva Edison provided electricity for domestic use.
25 December	Doctor Charles Drysdale, writing an article, first reported the damage caused by tobacco.
28 January	First telephone exchange formed in New Haven, USA.
17 February	The first telephone exchange opened in the city of San Francisco.
21 February	First telephone directory was released in Connecticut, USA.
13 March	The Vernacular Press Act came into effect and the next day Amrit Bazar Patrika became an English newspaper.
24 March	British ship Eurydice sunk, killing 300 people.
20 April	Birth of Maulvi Abdul Haq, father of Urdu.
27 April	The University of Calcutta gave the first approval to women to be eligible in the field of university education.
09 January	Umberto I was made king of Italy.
02 February	Greece declares war with Turkey.
13 March	Oxford University defeated Cambridge University in their first golf match.
20 April	Stowel gifts were introduced for the first time in Australia.
15 May	Tokyo Stock Exchange was established.
20 July	The first telephones in Hawaii were made in Hawaii.
21 August	The American Bar Association was held in Sarasota.
01 September	The first female telephone operator started working (Emma Note) in Boston.
15 October	Edison founded the Electric Light Company.
17 November	Made the first attempt to assassinate Umberto I of Italy.
01 December	The first telephone was installed at the White House.
18 February	Competition between two merchants in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, US, turned into a range war when a member of one faction was murdered by the other.
25 May	Comic Opera HMS of Gilbert and Sulivan A pin was opened at the Opera Comic in London.
15 June	Eadweard Muybridge took a series of photographs to prove that when he ran a gallop, the four legs of the horse leave the ground; The study became the basis of motion pictures.
13 July	At the conclusion of Berlin's Congress, the major powers signed the Treaty of Berlin, re -prepared the map of the balcony.
01 September	Powered by Alexander Graham Bell, Emma Nat became the first female telephone operator in the world.
01 September	On rent by Alexander Graham Bell, Emma Nat became the first female telephone operator in the world.

Birth	Name/Category/Country
10 December	Chakravarti Rajagopalachari / Governor General / India
01 April	C. Ganesha Iyer / Philologist / India
02 January	Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai / Activist / India
10 December	C. Rajagopalachari / Politician / India
10 December	Chakravarti Rajagopalachari / Lawyer / India
10 December	Chakravarti Rajagopalachari / Lawyer / India
21 February	Mirra Alfassa / Spiritual Leader / India
27 November	Jatindramohan Bagchi / Poet / India

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