Births on December 15

Hans Carossa

Born on December 15, 1878

Hans Carossa, German author and poet (d. 1956)

Hans Carossa (15 December 1878 in Bad Tölz, Kingdom of Bavaria – 12 September 1956 in Rittsteig near Passau) was a German novelist and poet, known mostly for his autobiographical novels, and his "innere Emigration" (inner emigration) during the Nazi era.

He studied medicine, working as a field surgeon from 1916 to 1918.

He was awarded the Swiss Gottfried Keller Prize in 1931, and the Goethe Prize in 1938.

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Events on 1878

18 Feb

Lincoln County War
John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
3 Mar

Treaty of San Stefano
The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano; a few months afterwards the Congress of Berlin stripped its status to a vassal principality of the Ottoman Empire.
25 May

Comic opera
Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
15 Jun

Sallie Gardner at a Gallop
Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
22 Oct

Salford, Greater Manchester
The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.

Births on December 15

Hans Carossa

Born on December 15, 1878

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Events on 1878

Lincoln County War

Treaty of San Stefano

Comic opera

Sallie Gardner at a Gallop

Salford, Greater Manchester