1878

1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1878th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 878th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1870s decade. As of the start of 1878, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1840s  1850s  1860s  – 1870s –  1880s  1890s  1900s
Years:	1875 1876 1877 – 1878 – 1879 1880 1881

1878 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1878 MDCCCLXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	2631
Armenian calendar	1327 ԹՎ ՌՅԻԷ
Assyrian calendar	6628
Bahá'í calendar	34–35
Balinese saka calendar	1799–1800
Bengali calendar	1285
Berber calendar	2828
British Regnal year	41 Vict. 1 – 42 Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar	2422
Burmese calendar	1240
Byzantine calendar	7386–7387
Chinese calendar	丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 4574 or 4514     — to — 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 4575 or 4515
Coptic calendar	1594–1595
Discordian calendar	3044
Ethiopian calendar	1870–1871
Hebrew calendar	5638–5639
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1934–1935
- Shaka Samvat	1799–1800
- Kali Yuga	4978–4979
Holocene calendar	11878
Igbo calendar	878–879
Iranian calendar	1256–1257
Islamic calendar	1294–1296
Japanese calendar	Meiji 11 (明治１１年)
Javanese calendar	1806–1807
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar	4211
Minguo calendar	34 before ROC 民前34年
Nanakshahi calendar	410
Thai solar calendar	2420–2421
Tibetan calendar	阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 2004 or 1623 or 851     — to — 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 2005 or 1624 or 852

Events

• March 3 – The Treaty of San Stefano ends the Russo-Turkish War.
• June 12 – July 12 – Congress of Berlin meets to talk about the independence of the Balkans following the Russo-Turkish War.
• Ipswich Town F.C. founded
• Everton F.C. founded
• Manchester United F.C. founded

Deaths

• February 7 – Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)