Historical Events in 1878
56 curated events dated to this year, and 236 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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1878
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Appointment as U.S. Minister to Germany
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Death of George John Cayley
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Death of William Whiting
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Thomas Edison Patents the Phonograph
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Billy the Kid's Lincoln County War Involvement
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Education at Trinity College Dublin
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Education in Paris
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Family Relocation to Dublin
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First Commercial Rebreather Invented by Henry Fleuss
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First Hydroelectric Power at Cragside House
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Graduation from Richmond Colored Normal and High School
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HMS Eurydice Sinks off the Isle of Wight
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Oscar Wilde's Move to London
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Publication of 'Among the Flowers, and Other Poems'
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Publication of 'An Inland Voyage'
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Publication of 'Songs, Legends, and Ballads'
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Publication of 'The Witchery of Archery'
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Publication of 'Tiger-Lilies'
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Publication of The Last Poems of Richard Henry Dana
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Relocation to California
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The Western Frontier Eclipse
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Congress of Berlin
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Education at the University of Toronto
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First Diplodocus Skeleton Found at Como Bluff
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First Major Publication
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First Published Poem
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Kipling's Education at the United Services College
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Marriage to Mary Ann Smith
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Move to Brussels
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Poem 'Success is counted sweetest' Published in A Masque of Poets
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Princess Alice Sinks in the River Thames
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Publication of The Return of the Native
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Romantic Correspondence with Judge Otis Phillips Lord
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Romantic Friendship with Otis Phillips Lord
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Ruskin's Breakdown and Subsequent Retreat
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Scotland Yard Establishes Criminal Investigation Department
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Serial Publication of 'Moondyne Joe'
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The Introduction of the First Commercial Gas-Packaged Coffee Can by Chase & Sanborn
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British Occupation of Cyprus
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British Ultimatum to Zulu Kingdom
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Contribution to A Masque of Poets
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Education at St. Paul's School
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Electric Street Lighting Introduced in London
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Establishment of Royal Engineers Balloon Section
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Family Relocation to New Zealand
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First Electric Street Lighting in Paris
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First Teaching Position
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La Niña Phase Follows 1877-78 El Niño
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Loch Ard Is Wrecked on Australia's Shipwreck Coast
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Marriage to Anna Henley
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Rabindranath Tagore's Early Education
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UK Weights and Measures Act
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Cream Separator Invention
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Factory Act of 1878
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Wilde Graduates Oxford with a Double First
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Wilde Wins the Newdigate Prize for 'Ravenna'
Poets alive in 1878
236 poets
Poets in 1878
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