1878 Fact Sheet
Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries
| Record Name | Year | Country | Previous Ruler Country | Date |
| Bulgaria Country Formation Date | 1878 | Bulgaria | Ottoman Empire | March 3, 1878 |
Database: Physical Constants
| Record Name | Units | Symbol | Value |
| Permittivity of vacuum | F m-1 | (epsilon_0) | 8.854187817e-12 |
Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country
| Record Name | Year | Country | Region | Source | Inventor Name |
| Cream separator | 1878 | Sweden | Europe | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Carl Gustaf Patrik de Laval |
| Microphone | 1878 | United Kingdom/United States | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | David E. Hughes |
Database: Year and Discoverer of Chemical Elements
| Record Name | Element | Year Discovered | Discovered By | Source |
| Ytterbium | Ytterbium | 1878 | Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac | Jefferson Lab |
Database: Catholic Pope History
| Record Name | Birthplace | Burial | Origin | Religion | Number | Pontiff | Time Periord | Years | Birthdate | Death Date |
| Pope 255 Ven. Pius IX | Senigaglia, Italy | San Lorenzo al Vernao Rome | Italy | Catholic | 255 | Ven. Pius IX | 1846-1878 | 31 | 5/13/1792 | 2/2/1878 |
| Pope 256 Leo XIII | Near Anagni | San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome | Near Anagni | Catholic | 256 | Leo XIII | 1878-1903 | 25 | 3/2/1810 | 7/20/1903 |
Database: Tallest Churches in the World
| Record Name | Year Complete | City | Country | Church | Height (Meters) | Height (Feet) | Source |
| St Petri | 1878 | Hamburg | Germany | St Petri | 132.8 m | 436 ft | Wikipedia |
| San Gaudenzio | 1878 | Novara | Italy | San Gaudenzio | 121.0 m | 397 ft | Wikipedia |
| St. Patrick's Cathedral | 1878 | New York City | United States | St. Patrick's Cathedral | 103.3 m | 339 ft | Wikipedia |
| Sint-Jacobuskerk | 1878 | The Hague | Netherlands | Sint-Jacobuskerk | 91.1 m | 299 ft | Wikipedia |
Database: Periodic Table of the Elements
| Record Name | Symbol | Group | Number | Melting Point | Boiling Point | Density | Year Discovered | Atomic Weight | % of Earth's Crust |
| Ytterbium | Yb | 101 | 70 | 824 | 1466 | 6.9 | 1878 | 173.04 |
Database: Wimbledon Tennis Men's Tournament Winners
| Record Name | Year | Sport | Winner | Loser | Score |
| 1878 Wimbledon Mens Result | 1878 | Tennis | Frank Hadow | Spencer Gore | 75 61 97 |
Database: Yearly Total Seasonal Rainfall for Los Angeles
| Record Name | City | State | Country | Season | Total Rainfall (inches) | Inches above or below average | Source |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1878-1879 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1878-1879 | 11.35 | -3.78 | National Weather Service |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1877-1878 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1877-1878 | 21.26 | +6.13 | National Weather Service |
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