Important Dates in British History - a timeline
Here are events from 1878 that have shaped Britain and its peoples and affected its history. If you feel we have left something out please don't hesitate to let us know.
More dates from British history
On this day:
Battle of the Boyne - 1690, First Day of the Somme - 1916, Disaster at Chilwell Shell Plant - 1918, Oxfam Opens its First Charity Shop - 1948, Wade wins Jubilee Wimbledon - 1977, Britain hands back Hong Kong to China - 1997, Smoking Ban in England - 2007
Famous and historic events from 1878
First Weekly Weather Forecasts in UK
HMS Pinafore Opens
Princess Alice Disaster
Famous Britons born in 1878
Alfred E Coppard
Augustus John
Frank Pick
George Simpson
John Fuller
John Masefield
Josef Holbrooke
Kathleen Courtney
Rutland Boughton
Spencer Gore
Wilfrid Gibson
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