Deaths on November 16

Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (1874-1878)

Died on November 16, 1878

Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1874)

Princess Marie Viktoria Feodore Leopoldine of Hesse and by Rhine (24 May 1874 – 16 November 1878) was a Hessian and Rhenish princess, a member of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was the youngest child and fifth daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom. Her mother was the second daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Marie died of diphtheria and was buried with her mother, who died a few weeks later of the same disease.

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Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (1874-1878)

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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.

Deaths on November 16

Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (1874-1878)

Died on November 16, 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