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  • France
    1878
    Statue of Liberty

    Completing the Head and Raising Francs

    France
    1878

    On his return to Paris in 1877, Bartholdi concentrated on completing the head, which was exhibited at the 1878 Paris World's Fair. Fundraising continued, with models of the statue put on sale. Tickets to view the construction activity at the Gadget, Gauthier & Co. workshop were also offered. The French government authorized a lottery; among the prizes were a valuable silver plate and a terracotta model of the statue. By the end of 1879, about 250,000 francs had been raised.




  • England
    1878
    Incandescent light bulb

    Discovering a method of processing that avoided the early bulb blackening

    England
    1878

    With the help of Charles Stearn, an expert on vacuum pumps, in 1878, Swan developed a The method of Processing That avoided The early bulb blackening. This received a British Patent in 1880.




  • England, United Kingdom
    1878
    Computer animation

    Mocap Origin

    England, United Kingdom
    1878

    Motion capture, or "Mocap", records the movement of external objects or people and has applications for medicine, sports, robotics, and the military, as well as for animation in film, TV, and games. The earliest example would be in 1878, with the pioneering photographic work of Eadweard Muybridge on human and animal locomotion, which is still a source for animators today.




  • Balkans, and Caucasus
    Sunday Mar 3, 1878
    Ottoman Empire

    Lost the Russo-Turkish War

    Balkans, and Caucasus
    Sunday Mar 3, 1878

    The Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) ended with a decisive victory for Russia. As a result, Ottoman holdings in Europe declined sharply: Bulgaria was established as an independent principality inside the Ottoman Empire; Romania achieved full independence, and Serbia and Montenegro finally gained complete independence, but with smaller territories.




  • Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (Now Poland)
    May, 1878
    Marie Curie

    Her Mother's Death

    Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (Now Poland)
    May, 1878

    Maria's mother Bronisława operated a prestigious Warsaw boarding school for girls; she resigned from the position after Maria was born. She died of tuberculosis in May 1878, when Maria was ten years old.




  • Köpenicker Straße 66, Berlin, German Empire (Present day Germany)
    Friday May 10, 1878
    Gustav Stresemann

    Stresemann's birth

    Köpenicker Straße 66, Berlin, German Empire (Present day Germany)
    Friday May 10, 1878

    Stresemann was born on 10 May 1878 in 66 Köpenicker Straße in Southeast Berlin, the youngest of seven children. His father worked as a beer bottler and distributor, and also ran a small bar out of the family home, as well as renting rooms for extra money.




  • Berlin, Germany
    Saturday Jul 13, 1878
    Armenian Genocide

    The Treaty of Berlin

    Berlin, Germany
    Saturday Jul 13, 1878

    The Treaty of Berlin (formally the Treaty between Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Great Britain and Ireland, Italy, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire for the Settlement of Affairs in the East) was signed on 13 July 1878. In the aftermath of the Russian victory against the Ottoman Empire in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, the major powers restructured the map of the Balkan region. They reversed some of the extreme gains claimed by Russia in the preliminary Treaty of San Stefano, but the Ottomans lost their major holdings in Europe. It was one of three major peace agreements in the period after the 1815 Congress of Vienna. It was the final act of the Congress of Berlin (13 June – 13 July 1878) and included Great Britain and Ireland, Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and the Ottoman Empire. Germany's Otto von Bismarck was the chairman and dominant personality.


  • U.S.
    1878
    Bicycle

    Once again in America

    U.S.
    1878

    In the United States, Bostonians such as Frank Weston started importing bicycles in 1877 and 1878, and Albert Augustus Pope started production of his "Columbia" high-wheelers in 1878, and gained control of nearly all applicable patents, starting with Lallement's 1866 patent. Pope lowered the royalty (licensing fee) previous patent owners charged and took his competitors to court over the patents. The courts supported him, and competitors either paid royalties ($10 per bicycle), or he forced them out of business.


  • Friedrich Wilhelms University, Berlin, Germany
    Oct, 1878
    Max Planck

    Graduation

    Friedrich Wilhelms University, Berlin, Germany
    Oct, 1878

    After studying at the University of Munich, he went to the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin for a year of study with physicists Hermann von Helmholtz and Gustav Kirchhoff and mathematician Karl Weierstrass, and in October 1878 Planck passed his qualifying exams .


  • New Jersey, U.S.
    Monday Oct 14, 1878
    Incandescent light bulb

    Edison filed his first patent Application for "Improvement In Electric Lights"

    New Jersey, U.S.
    Monday Oct 14, 1878

    Thomas Edison began serious research into developing a practical incandescent lamp in 1878. Edison filed his first patent application for "Improvement In Electric Lights" on 14 October 1878.


  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
    1878
    Ottoman Empire

    Austria-Hungary unilaterally occupied the Ottoman provinces

    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    1878

    In 1878, Austria-Hungary unilaterally occupied the Ottoman provinces of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Novi Pazar.


  • Maribor, Slovenia
    Dec, 1878
    Nikola Tesla

    Tesla left Graz

    Maribor, Slovenia
    Dec, 1878

    In December 1878, Tesla left Graz and severed all relations with his family to hide the fact that he dropped out of school. His friends thought that he had drowned in the nearby Mur River. Tesla moved to Maribor, where he worked as a draftsman for 60 florins per month. He spent his spare time playing cards with local men on the streets.


  • Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (Now Georgia)
    Wednesday Dec 18, 1878
    Joseph Stalin

    Birth

    Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (Now Georgia)
    Wednesday Dec 18, 1878

    Stalin was born in the Georgian town of Gori on 18 December 1878.


  • Newcastle upon Tyne, England
    Wednesday Dec 18, 1878
    Incandescent light bulb

    The Newcastle Chemical Society Meeting

    Newcastle upon Tyne, England
    Wednesday Dec 18, 1878

    On 18 December 1878, a lamp using a slender carbon rod was shown at a meeting of the Newcastle Chemical Society.


  • Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (Now Georgia)
    Sunday Dec 29, 1878
    Joseph Stalin

    Baptised

    Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (Now Georgia)
    Sunday Dec 29, 1878

    Stalin was baptized on 29 December.


  • France
    1878
    Statue of Liberty

    Completing the Head and Raising Francs

    France
    1878

    On his return to Paris in 1877, Bartholdi concentrated on completing the head, which was exhibited at the 1878 Paris World's Fair. Fundraising continued, with models of the statue put on sale. Tickets to view the construction activity at the Gadget, Gauthier & Co. workshop were also offered. The French government authorized a lottery; among the prizes were a valuable silver plate and a terracotta model of the statue. By the end of 1879, about 250,000 francs had been raised.


  • England
    1878
    Incandescent light bulb

    Discovering a method of processing that avoided the early bulb blackening

    England
    1878

    With the help of Charles Stearn, an expert on vacuum pumps, in 1878, Swan developed a The method of Processing That avoided The early bulb blackening. This received a British Patent in 1880.


  • England, United Kingdom
    1878
    Computer animation

    Mocap Origin

    England, United Kingdom
    1878

    Motion capture, or "Mocap", records the movement of external objects or people and has applications for medicine, sports, robotics, and the military, as well as for animation in film, TV, and games. The earliest example would be in 1878, with the pioneering photographic work of Eadweard Muybridge on human and animal locomotion, which is still a source for animators today.


  • Balkans, and Caucasus
    Sunday Mar 3, 1878
    Ottoman Empire

    Lost the Russo-Turkish War

    Balkans, and Caucasus
    Sunday Mar 3, 1878

    The Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) ended with a decisive victory for Russia. As a result, Ottoman holdings in Europe declined sharply: Bulgaria was established as an independent principality inside the Ottoman Empire; Romania achieved full independence, and Serbia and Montenegro finally gained complete independence, but with smaller territories.


  • Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (Now Poland)
    May, 1878
    Marie Curie

    Her Mother's Death

    Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (Now Poland)
    May, 1878

    Maria's mother Bronisława operated a prestigious Warsaw boarding school for girls; she resigned from the position after Maria was born. She died of tuberculosis in May 1878, when Maria was ten years old.


  • Köpenicker Straße 66, Berlin, German Empire (Present day Germany)
    Friday May 10, 1878
    Gustav Stresemann

    Stresemann's birth

    Köpenicker Straße 66, Berlin, German Empire (Present day Germany)
    Friday May 10, 1878

    Stresemann was born on 10 May 1878 in 66 Köpenicker Straße in Southeast Berlin, the youngest of seven children. His father worked as a beer bottler and distributor, and also ran a small bar out of the family home, as well as renting rooms for extra money.


  • Berlin, Germany
    Saturday Jul 13, 1878
    Armenian Genocide

    The Treaty of Berlin

    Berlin, Germany
    Saturday Jul 13, 1878

    The Treaty of Berlin (formally the Treaty between Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Great Britain and Ireland, Italy, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire for the Settlement of Affairs in the East) was signed on 13 July 1878. In the aftermath of the Russian victory against the Ottoman Empire in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, the major powers restructured the map of the Balkan region. They reversed some of the extreme gains claimed by Russia in the preliminary Treaty of San Stefano, but the Ottomans lost their major holdings in Europe. It was one of three major peace agreements in the period after the 1815 Congress of Vienna. It was the final act of the Congress of Berlin (13 June – 13 July 1878) and included Great Britain and Ireland, Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and the Ottoman Empire. Germany's Otto von Bismarck was the chairman and dominant personality.


  • U.S.
    1878
    Bicycle

    Once again in America

    U.S.
    1878

    In the United States, Bostonians such as Frank Weston started importing bicycles in 1877 and 1878, and Albert Augustus Pope started production of his "Columbia" high-wheelers in 1878, and gained control of nearly all applicable patents, starting with Lallement's 1866 patent. Pope lowered the royalty (licensing fee) previous patent owners charged and took his competitors to court over the patents. The courts supported him, and competitors either paid royalties ($10 per bicycle), or he forced them out of business.


  • Friedrich Wilhelms University, Berlin, Germany
    Oct, 1878
    Max Planck

    Graduation

    Friedrich Wilhelms University, Berlin, Germany
    Oct, 1878

    After studying at the University of Munich, he went to the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin for a year of study with physicists Hermann von Helmholtz and Gustav Kirchhoff and mathematician Karl Weierstrass, and in October 1878 Planck passed his qualifying exams .


  • New Jersey, U.S.
    Monday Oct 14, 1878
    Incandescent light bulb

    Edison filed his first patent Application for "Improvement In Electric Lights"

    New Jersey, U.S.
    Monday Oct 14, 1878

    Thomas Edison began serious research into developing a practical incandescent lamp in 1878. Edison filed his first patent application for "Improvement In Electric Lights" on 14 October 1878.


  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
    1878
    Ottoman Empire

    Austria-Hungary unilaterally occupied the Ottoman provinces

    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    1878

    In 1878, Austria-Hungary unilaterally occupied the Ottoman provinces of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Novi Pazar.


  • Maribor, Slovenia
    Dec, 1878
    Nikola Tesla

    Tesla left Graz

    Maribor, Slovenia
    Dec, 1878

    In December 1878, Tesla left Graz and severed all relations with his family to hide the fact that he dropped out of school. His friends thought that he had drowned in the nearby Mur River. Tesla moved to Maribor, where he worked as a draftsman for 60 florins per month. He spent his spare time playing cards with local men on the streets.


  • Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (Now Georgia)
    Wednesday Dec 18, 1878
    Joseph Stalin

    Birth

    Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (Now Georgia)
    Wednesday Dec 18, 1878

    Stalin was born in the Georgian town of Gori on 18 December 1878.


  • Newcastle upon Tyne, England
    Wednesday Dec 18, 1878
    Incandescent light bulb

    The Newcastle Chemical Society Meeting

    Newcastle upon Tyne, England
    Wednesday Dec 18, 1878

    On 18 December 1878, a lamp using a slender carbon rod was shown at a meeting of the Newcastle Chemical Society.


  • Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (Now Georgia)
    Sunday Dec 29, 1878
    Joseph Stalin

    Baptised

    Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (Now Georgia)
    Sunday Dec 29, 1878

    Stalin was baptized on 29 December.


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