page_title: 1878
section_title: January–March
hierarchical_section_title: 1878 / Births / January–March
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Joseph Gordon Coates in 1931.
context_page_description: 1878 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 and Anno Domini 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.
context_section_description: January 4
  A. E. Coppard, English short story writer and poet (d. 1957)
  Augustus John, Welsh-born painter (d. 1961)
  January 6 – Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (d. 1967)
  January 9 – John B. Watson, American psychologist (d. 1958)
  January 11 – Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general, politician and President of Greece (d. 1952)
  January 12 – Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian-born author (d. 1952)
  January 16 – Harry Carey, American actor (d. 1947)
  January 20 – Finlay Currie, Scottish actor (d. 1968)
  January 22 – Constance Collier, English stage, screen actress (d. 1955)
  January 23 – Rutland Boughton, English composer (d. 1960)
  January 25 – Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-born television pioneer (d. 1975)
  February 1 – Milan Hodža, Slovak politician, champion of regional integration in Europe (d. 1944)
  February 2 – Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer, architect (d. 1955)
  February 3 – Gordon Coates, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1943)
  February 5 – André Citroën, French automobile manufacturer (d. 1935)
  February 8 – Martin Buber, Austrian philosopher (d. 1965)
  February 14 – Kōki Hirota, 21st Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
  February 16
  Giacomo "James" Colosimo, Italian-born American gangster (d. 1920)
  Selim Palmgren, Finnish composer (d. 1951)
  February 18 – Kate Gordon, American psychologist (d. 1963)
  February 21 – The Mother (Mirra Alfassa), multi-origined spiritual leader and founder of Auroville, India (d. 1973)
  February 26 – Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano (d. 1930)
  February 28 – Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929)
  March 4
  Egbert Van Alstyne, American songwriter, pianist (d. 1951)
  Peter D. Ouspensky, Russian philosopher (d. 1947)
  Arishima Takeo, Japanese novelist, short-story writer and essayist (d. 1923)
  March 5 – P. D. Ouspensky, Russian mathematician (d. 1947)
  March 7 – Boris Kustodiev, Soviet painter and designer (d. 1927)
  March 16
  Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (d. 1944)
  Clemens August Graf von Galen, German Catholic cardinal (d. 1946)
  March 20 – Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (d. 1927)
  March 22 – Michel Théato, Luxembourg athlete (d. 1919)
  March 26 – Henry Gullett, Australian politician (d. 1940)
  March 31 – Jack Johnson, American boxer (d. 1946)
caption: Gordon Coates
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