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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1878 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents Events Arts and literature New books Music Sport Births - 4 January Augustus John, painter (died 1961)
- 30 January Reg Skrimshire, Wales and British Lions rugby union player (died 1963)
- 24 February Lou Phillips, Wales international rugby player (died 1916)
- 3 March Edward Thomas, poet (died 1917)
- 12 March Mary Sophia Allen, women's rights activits (died 1964)
- 21 March Edwin Thomas Maynard, Wales international rugby player (died 1961)
- 16 April Owen Thomas Jones, geologist (died 1967)
- 26 May Abel J. Jones, writer (died 1949)
- 5 June Billy O'Neill, Wales national rugby player (died 1955)
- 20 June Seymour J. Farmer, politician in Canada (died 1951)
- 28 June Evan Roberts, preacher (died 1951)
- 1 July Billy Trew, rugby player and Welsh Triple Crown winning captain (died 1926)
- 27 August Edgar Rees Jones, lawyer and politician (died 1962)
- 8 November Dorothea Bate, palaeontologist (died 1951)
- 31 December Caradoc Evans, writer (died 1945)
- date unknown
Deaths - 25 February Townsend Harris, Welsh-descended American diplomat, 73
- 30 March Peter Maurice, priest and writer, 74
- 4 July William Roos, Welsh artist and engraver, 70
- 13 August Francis Rice, 5th Baron Dynevor, 74
- 30 September Evan James, poet, lyricist of the Welsh national anthem, 69
- 18 November John Jones (Mathetes), clergyman and writer, 57
- 20 November William Thomas (Islwyn), poet, 46
- 25 November Llewelyn Lewellin, clergyman and academic, 80
- 11 December William Thomas (Gwilym Marles), poet, 44
- 13 December David Charles, secretary of the University for Wales movement, 56
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