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Lionel Groulx
1878Jan, 13

Lionel Groulx

Lionel Groulx, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1967)
Lionel Groulx (French pronunciation: ​[ɡʁu]; 13 January 1878 – 23 May 1967) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, historian, and Quebec nationalist.

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Events on 1878

  • 18Feb

    Lincoln County War

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

    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.
  • 25May

    Comic opera

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

    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.
  • 22Oct

    Salford, Greater Manchester

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