1878

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Year 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).

Events of 1878

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1878 in other calendars
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Bah' calendar34 – 35
Buddhist calendar2422
Chinese calendar4514/4574-7-25
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Coptic calendar1594 – 1595
Ethiopian calendar1870 – 1871
Hebrew calendar 5638 – 5639
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 - Shaka Samvat1800 – 1801
 - Kali Yuga4979 – 4980
Holocene calendar11878
Iranian calendar1256 – 1257
Islamic calendar1295 – 1296
Japanese calendarMeiji 0
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 - Imperial YearKōki 2538
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Julian calendar1923
Korean calendar4211
Thai solar calendar2421
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-1878- 1879 1880 1881  1882 .  1883 .  1884 .  1885  . 1886  . 1887  . 1888 
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1878.

Events

January events

  • January 18 - Construction on The Ghan route south of Port Augusta, Australia, begins.

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See also: 1877 in Australia, other events of 1878, 1879 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:
  • Governor of New South Wales - Sir Hercules Robinson

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See also: 1877 in Canada, other events of 1878, 1879 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

  • March 7 - Both the Université de Montréal and the University of Western Ontario are incorporated

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See also: 1877 in Ireland, other events of 1878, 1879 in Ireland

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Arts and literature

Sport

Births

  • 24 July - Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, writer and dramatist (d.1957).

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