January.E2.80.93March 1878

january–september – cleopatra s needle erected in london.



january 5 – battle of shipka pass iv: russian , bulgarian forces defeat ottoman empire.
january 9 – umberto becomes king of italy.
january 17 – battle of philippopolis: russian troops defeat turks.
january 23 – benjamin disraeli orders british fleet dardanelles.
january 24 – revolutionary vera zasulich shoots @ fyodor trepov, governor of saint petersburg.
january 28 – yale news becomes first daily college newspaper in united states.
january 31 – turkey agrees armistice @ adrianople.
february 2 – greece declares war on turkey.
february 7 – pope pius ix dies after 31½ year reign (the longest confirmed).
february 8 – british fleet enters turkish waters , anchors off istanbul; russia threatens occupy istanbul not carry out threat.
february 18 – lincoln county war begins in lincoln county, new mexico.
february 19 – phonograph patented thomas edison.
february 20 – pope leo xiii succeeds pope pius ix 256th pope.
february 23 - sadguru shri gajanan maharaj appeared @ shegaon, dist: buldhana, maharashtra.
february 24 – anti-russian demonstrations occur in hyde park, london.
february 28 – mississippi state university created mississippi legislature (under name agricultural , mechanical college of state of mississippi).


october 31 – eldkvarn burns in stockholm.



march 24 – british royal navy frigate hms eurydice (1843) capsizes in english channel, killing 2 of 319 crew.
march 25 – russia rejects british proposal lay san stefano treaty before european congress.
march 27 – in anticipation of war russia, disraeli mobilizes reserves , calls indian troops malta.


europe after congress of berlin in 1878 , territorial , political rearrangement of balkan peninsula.