Permanent year factsheet

United States of America in 1878

Historical records for United States of America in 1878, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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3Events
3Named people
3Places
2Categories

Historical records

February

28 February 1878Bland-Allison ActRutherford Birchard Hayes

Washington · Government / Republican Party Government

Congress requires Treasury silver purchases while gold remains the principal redemption standard.

Other Events

1878DismissalChester Alan Arthur

New York · Politics / Republican Party

Dismissed after an investigation into the corrupt practices of the customs house

1878EducationWilliam Howard Taft

Yale · Politics / Republican Party

Graduates from Yale, ranking second in his class out of 121

Names involved

Chester Alan ArthurRutherford Birchard HayesWilliam Howard Taft

Places involved

New YorkWashingtonYale

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.