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Bill Anderson (footballer, born 1878) Fred Anderson (Canadian politician) James Thomas Milton Anderson; James H. Anderson (politician) John Anderson (footballer, born 1878) Sir John Anderson, 1st Baronet, of Harrold Priory; Joseph Anderson (cricketer) Stefan Anderson; Theodore Anderson (cricketer) William Anderson (athlete) William Smith Anderson
Gideon Welles, politician (born 1802) February 18 – John Tunstall, rancher, merchant, first man killed in the Lincoln County War (born 1853) March 6 – Asa Biggs, U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1855 to 1858 (born 1811) March 29 – Mark Hopkins, Jr., entrepreneur (born 1813) April 4 – Richard M. Brewer, gunslinger, cowboy (born 1850)
Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor (November 26, 1878 – June 21, 1932) was an American professional cyclist. He has been called "the first Black American global sports superstar." [1] He was born and raised in Indianapolis, where he worked in bicycle shops and began racing multiple distances in the track and road disciplines of
Nicholas Frederic Brady, Duke of the Holy Roman Church (October 27, 1878 – March 27, 1930) was a New York City businessman and philanthropist who was the first American to receive the Catholic honor, the Supreme Order of Christ. He was the holder of several papal honors, including being a papal duke ad personam (non-hereditary). [1]
Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was born on December 25, 1878, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, a center of watchmaking in northwestern Switzerland. [1] He was the second child of Joseph-Félicien Chevrolet, a watchmaker, and Marie-Anne Angéline Mahon. [2] His family was originally from Bonfol, now in the canton of Jura. [2]
1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year ... Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race driver, automobile builder (d. 1941) Joseph M. Schenck, Russian-born American film ...
Charles W. Adams was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 16, 1817. [2] [3] [4] His parents were Benjamin and Susannah (Goodhue) Adams. [2] Benjamin was related to President of the United States John Adams. [5] In 1819, the Adams family moved to New Albany, Indiana, where Charles was a clerk in a mercantile house between 1830 and 1835.
August Willich (November 19, 1810 – January 22, 1878), born Johann August Ernst von Willich, was a military officer in the Prussian Army, later enlisting and receiving a commission in the United States Army. Born into Prussian nobility, he formally discarded his title in 1847 and actively participated in the Revolutions of 1848.